Dow Jones Industrial Average

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equity index price-weighted index stock market index

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a major U.S. stock market index that tracks the performance of 30 large, publicly traded blue-chip companies.

Aliases (6)

DJIA ×1
Dow Jones Averages ×1
Dow Jones Industrial Average (former component) ×1
Google Finance: INDEXDJX:.DJI ×1
Yahoo Finance: ^DJI ×1
the Dow ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	equity index → price-weighted index → stock market index →
baseDate	1896-05-26 →
baseValue	40.94 →
calculationMethod	price-weighted average →
category	U.S. stock market index → blue-chip index →
comparedWith	Nasdaq Composite → S&P 500 →
componentUniverse	U.S.-listed common stocks →
country	United States →
creator	Charles Dow →
currency	United States dollar →
dataSource	constituent stock prices →
dataVendorCode	DJI →
hasComponentSelectionCriteria	large established U.S. companies →
hasHistoricalSignificance	oldest continuing U.S. stock market index →
hasTotalReturnVariant	yes →
inceptionDate	1896-05-26 →
includesDividendsInIndexLevel	no →
indexType	blue-chip stocks →
isBenchmarkFor	U.S. stock market performance → blue-chip U.S. equities →
isFollowedBy	investors worldwide →
isOneOf	major U.S. stock market indices →
isPartOf	Dow Jones Averages →
isReportedBy	financial news media →
maintainedBy	S&P Dow Jones Indices →
namedAfter	Charles Dow → Edward Jones →
numberOfConstituents	30 →
originalNumberOfConstituents	12 →
owner	CME Group → News Corp → S&P Global →
primaryExchange	NASDAQ → New York Stock Exchange →
publisher	S&P Dow Jones Indices →
rebalancingFrequency	as needed →
sectorCoverage	multiple economic sectors →
selectionCommittee	S&P Dow Jones Indices Index Committee →
tickerSymbol	DJI → DJIA → ^DJI →
timeZone	America/New_York →
tracks	large publicly traded U.S. companies →
tradingDays	U.S. business days →
usesDivisor	yes →
weightingScheme	higher-priced stocks have greater weight →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Goldman Sachs → JPMorgan Chase → Verizon →	memberOf
Nasdaq Composite Index → S&P 500 Index →	comparedWith
NYSE:T → VZ →	componentOf
^DJI ("Yahoo Finance: ^DJI") → ^DJI ("Google Finance: INDEXDJX:.DJI") →	dataVendorSymbol
BA → KO →	isComponentOf
DIS → NKE →	isComponentOfIndex
Dow Jones Industrial Average ("Dow Jones Averages") → Travelers Companies →	isPartOf
Dow Jones & Company → S&P Dow Jones Indices →	knownFor
New York Stock Exchange →	associatedIndex
HD →	componentOfIndex
Charles Dow →	created
^DJI →	fullName
Edward Jones →	hasNameIn
NYSE Composite →	isDifferentFrom
^DJI ("the Dow") →	isReferencedAs
United Technologies Corporation ("Dow Jones Industrial Average (former component)") →	listedIn
Johnson & Johnson →	listedOnIndex
Chevron Corporation →	partOfIndex
S&P Dow Jones Indices →	product
SPX →	relatedIndex
Dow Jones Industrial Average ("DJIA") →	tickerSymbol