The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) index, which reflects the movement of the world's first stock market. It is composed of the 32 most traded stocks of the NYSE. Currently there are three more Dow Jones Indexes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) which is composed of 30 industrial stocks. The Dow Jones Transport Average (DJTA) composed of 20 stocks belonging to the transport industry (by rail, land or air) and finally DJUA (Dow Jones Utility Average), which is composed of 15 stocks belonging to the electrical and gas sectors. Top of this page
The stock market indicator for the New York Stock Exchange is updated every minute while the New York Stock Exchange is trading and is the most widely used measure of value of American corporates.
an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange; "the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing"
An index of the average performance of 30 of the top US companies.
A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks. It is the oldest and most widely used of all stock market indicators.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, known to us simply as the Dow Jones, is the best known of the American stock-exchange indices and has been calculated by the Dow Jones & Company publishing house since 1897. It is the barometer for the American Blue Chips and has the disadvantage that it is narrowly based on just thirty Blue Chip shares.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted average of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ.
A set of indices compiled daily from New York Stock Exchange closing prices. The averages are unweighted arithmetic indices, useful for showing general price movements. The Industrial Average consists of 30 industrial stocks. Referred to as the 'Dow Jones' and is probably the most widely quoted US index.
An index of some of the largest companies listed on US stock markets. It is simply calculated taking the arithmetic mean of 30 shares and so its performance can differ markedly from more broadly based indices such as the S&P 500. Values are real time.
The name of the US stock exchange.
this is a market indicator- a method of measuring the stock market's performance. The Dow, created over 100 years ago, tracks the performance of 30 well established companies, often called 'blue chips' (there are actually over 12,000 public US companies, but the Dow only measures 30.) While the Dow is the most frequently used index, there are several other market indications such as Standard & Poors (S&P) 500 Index.