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The Dow Jones Industrial Average, an American stock index composed of 30 large companies, has changed its components 59 times since its inception, on May 26, 1896. [1] As this is a historical listing, the names here are the full legal name of the corporation on that date, with abbreviations and punctuation according to the corporation's own usage.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published in 1896, but since the firms listed at that time were in existence before then, the index can be calculated going back to May 2, 1881. [6]
Description: History of DJIA: From May, 1896 - Dec, 1900: monthly closings; Source: From Jan 4, 1901 - Dec 30, 2011: daily closings; Source: From Jan 3, 2012 ...
For only the 53rd time in 128 years, the ageless Dow Jones ... the ageless Dow Jones will see its components change. ... Market cap is irrelevant in the context of affecting the Dow's point value.
This will mark only the 53rd change for Wall Street's iconic index since its inception on May 26, 1896.
October 19, 1987 - The Dow closes down 508 points, at the time the biggest one-day drop ever in the Dow’s history. November 21, 1995 - The Dow closes at 5,023.55, the first close above 5,000.
The Dow continues upward to surpass its prior all-time record on March 5, 2013, and, by the end of 2013, sets a new all-time inflation-adjusted high for the first time since the end of 1999. [13] For the remainder of the decade, Dow Jones, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 faced some corrections that nearly ended the bull run, [ 14 ] but ultimately towered ...
The Dow's losses amount to roughly 3%, or more than 1,500 points, in the past nine trading sessions. The index has fallen from a record close of 45,014 on Dec. 4 to 43,499 as of Tuesday's close.