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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.
However, as a whole throughout the Great Depression, the Dow posted some of its worst performances, for a negative return during most of the 1930s for new and old stock market investors. For the decade, the Dow Jones average was down from 248.48 at the beginning of 1930, to a stable level of 150.24 at the end of 1939, a loss of about 40%.
This contrasts with the total return, which does take into account the income generated in the portfolio. Often, when the return of a stock market index is quoted in the press, the quoted returns concern price returns, rather than the total returns. Examples are the S&P 500 and the MSCI EAFE, which are typically quoted in terms of price return. [1]
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The following table shows the price return of the Dow Jones Utility Average, which was calculated back to 1928. ... Year Closing value Change in points Change in ...
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An intraday percentage gain is defined as the difference between the previous trading session's closing price and the intraday high of the following trading session. The closing percentage change denotes the ultimate percentage change recorded after the corresponding trading session's close.