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The following is a list of the milestone closing levels of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Legend: 1-point increments are used up to the 20-point level, 2-point increments up to the 50-point level, 5-point increments up to the 100-point level, 10-point increments up to the 500-point level, 20-point increments up to the 1,000-point level,
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 average was created on July 3, 1884 by Charles Dow, co-founder of Dow Jones & Company, as part of the Customer's Afternoon Letter. From its inception (until May 26, 1896), the Dow Jones Transportation Average consisted of eleven transportation-related companies: nine railroads and two non-rail companies (Western Union and Pacific Mail).
Stocks sold off Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling nearly 500 points, as investors’ fears over a recession surfaced.. The Dow dropped 494 points, or 1.2%. The S&P 500 shed ...
The Dow jumped more than 450 points and the S&P 500 inched up. A decline in some mega-cap tech names weighed on the Nasdaq. Stock market today: Dow soars 461 points while Nasdaq wavers as tech ...
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 15-year return of 362% (10.7% annually) The Dow Jones Industrial Average tracks 30 U.S. companies. The index is weighted by share price, such that companies with more ...
The first four tables show only the largest one-day changes between a given day's close and the close of the previous trading day, [1] [2] not the largest changes during the trading day (i.e. intraday changes).
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, also known as the Dow, is one of the most popular stock market indexes, along with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.The Dow tracks the stock performance of 30 ...