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Dow Jones Transportation Average 1896–2012. The index is a running average of the stock prices of twenty transportation corporations, with each stock's price weighted to adjust for stock splits and other factors. [1] As a result, it can change at any time the markets are open.
Companies formerly included in the DJTA are categorized in the category "Former components of the Dow Jones Transportation Average." Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Stocks posted solid gains as Wall Street put the finishing touches on one of its best months of the year. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4%. Friday was an ...
The Dow Jones Composite Average is the stock market index composed of 65 prominent companies traded on both exchanges, maintained and tracked by S&P Dow Jones Indices.The average's components include every stock from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (30 components), the Dow Jones Transportation Average (20), and the Dow Jones Utility Average (15).
The index, however, managed to break its longest losing streak in 50 years. Here's where US indexes stood at the 4:00 p.m. closing bell on Thursday: S&P 500 : 42,342.67, up 0.04% (+15.80 points)
US stocks were mixed on Friday, with the Nasdaq 100 slightly higher, the S&P 500 about flat, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average moving lower to hit a seven-day losing streak.
The factor is changed whenever a constituent company undergoes a stock split so that the value of the index is unaffected by the stock split. First calculated on May 26, 1896, [2] the index is the second-oldest among U.S. market indices, after the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
US stocks rose Friday, with the Dow Jones closing at a record high for the second day in a row. The S&P 500 and the Dow achieved a four-month win streak in August amid renewed hopes for a soft ...