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Following the close of trading today, Nov. 7, a new era will begin for the Dow, with two market-leading businesses joining the index, and two longtime stalwarts being shown the door.
Here's where US indexes stood at the 4:00 p.m. closing bell on Friday: S&P 500 : 5,648.26, up 1.01% Dow Jones Industrial Average : 41,563.08, up 0.55% (+228.03 points)
For well over a century, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) has served as a barometer that gauges the health of the U.S. stock market.. When the Dow Jones was officially incepted ...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 221.16 to 42,518.28, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 43.71 to 19,044.39. In stock markets abroad, indexes were higher across much of Europe and Asia with a ...
The largest point drop in history occurred on March 16, 2020, when concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the market, dropping the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2,997 points. The largest point gain (+2,113) occurred on March 24, 2020.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average daily closing value plotted on a log-10 scale Despite the emerging COVID-19 pandemic , the Dow continued its bull run from the previous decade before peaking at 29,551.42 on February 12, 2020 (29,568.57 intraday on the same day).
Image source: Getty Images. Share price matters in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Aside from companies entering and exiting the Dow prior to the commencement of trading on Friday, Nov. 8, the ...
It is the best known of the Dow Averages, of which the first (non-industrial) was originally published on February 16, 1885. . . . The industrial average was first calculated on May 26, 1896. But this article says: Since first closing at 62.76 on February 16, 1885, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has increased, despite several periods of decline.