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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (/ ˈ d aʊ /), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity indexes.
The New York Stock Exchange reopened that day following a nearly four-and-a-half-month closure since July 30, 1914, and the Dow in fact rose 4.4% that day (from 71.42 to 74.56). However, the apparent decline was due to a later 1916 revision of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which retroactively adjusted the values following the closure but ...
The Dow plunges 89% to 41.22 on July 8, 1932, thus erasing 33 years of gains, in just under three years. Although cyclical bull markets occur in the 1930s and 1940s, the index takes 22 years to surpass its previous highs. 1949–1966: Bull market. The Dow posts impressive growth in the booming economy following the Second World War.
Edward Davis Jones (October 7, 1856 – February 16, 1920) [1] was an American statistician and journalist. [2] Jones is best known as the "Jones" in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and as a co-founder of The Wall Street Journal .
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 (DJIA) is one of several stock market indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company founder Charles Dow. Dow compiled the index as a way to gauge the performance of the industrial component of America's stock markets. It is the second oldest continuing U.S. market index.
In the first 6 months of 2022, the S&P 500 fell 21%, the worst 6-month start to a year since 1970. [13] [14] On September 13, 2022, the S&P 500 declined by 4.32% in its largest single-day drop since June 2020. [15] [16] The S&P 500 had the worst results since 2008, with a decline of 19% for the year. [17] The Nasdaq Composite fell 33%. [18]
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 ...