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First calculated on May 26, 1896, [2] the index is the second-oldest among U.S. market indices, after the Dow Jones Transportation Average. It was created by Charles Dow, co-founder of both The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones & Company, and named after him and his business associate, statistician Edward Jones.
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.
This is the category for the 30 current components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Companies formerly included in the DJIA are categorized in the category " Former components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average ."
The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on the American stock exchanges (including the 30 companies that compose the Dow Jones Industrial Average). The index includes about 80 percent of the American market by capitalization.
Dow Jones Industrial Average, one of the most widely utilized indices of the US stock market, measuring the stock performance of 30 large companies; Dow Jones Transportation Average, the oldest stock index in use; Dow Jones Utility Average, tracking the performance of 15 prominent U.S. utility companies
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.
Pages in category "Dow Jones & Company" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Companies that have previously been, but are not now a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.