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US stocks declined on Tuesday, plunging the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its first nine-day losing streak since 1978. The index shed over 250, trailed by a loss of 0.43% and 0.51% for the S&P ...
US stocks jumped on Friday, with the Dow Jones surging 426 points to a record close as investors' risk-on trade gained steam. All three major averages were up about 2% for the week, rebounding ...
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 .
US stocks fell Monday, with the Dow down as much as 500 points and the Nasdaq 100 off nearly 5% from its peak. Rising interest rates over the past month have weighed on stock prices.
Some sources (including the file Highlights/Lowlights of The Dow on the Dow Jones website) show a loss of −24.39% (from 71.42 to 54.00) on December 12, 1914, placing that day atop the list of largest percentage losses.
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.
The consumer price index report for August will be released Wednesday morning. Average economist estimates suggest prices rose 2.6% year-over-year last month, a sizable drop from the 2.9% reading ...
The Dow Jones Composite Average is the stock market index composed of 65 prominent companies traded on both exchanges, maintained and tracked by S&P Dow Jones Indices.The average's components include every stock from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (30 components), the Dow Jones Transportation Average (20), and the Dow Jones Utility Average (15).