The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a widely-watched benchmark index in the U.S. for blue-chip stocks. The DJIA is a price-weighted index that tracks 30 large, publicly-owned companies trading on the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ.
Dow Jones QUOTE & CHART.
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Realtime Prices for Dow Jones Stocks.
| Name | Dow |
|---|---|
| Last | 68.99 |
| % | 1.26 % |
| +/- | 0.86 |
| Trade Time | 5/6/2021 |
The 30 stocks which make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average are: 3M, American Express, Amgen, Apple, Boeing, Caterpillar, Chevron, Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola, Disney, Dow, Goldman Sachs, Home Depot, Honeywell, IBM, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan Chase, McDonald's, Merck, Microsoft, Nike, Procter & Gamble, ...
Dow Jones Industrial Average
| Historical logarithmic graph of the DJIA from 1896 to 2011. | |
|---|---|
| Foundation | February 16, 1885 (as DJA) May 26, 1896 (as DJIA) |
| Constituents | 30 |
| Type | Large cap |
| Market cap | $8.33 trillion (Dec. 2019) |
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq composite are the three most prominent indexes in the U.S. Additional indexes, such as the Wilshire 5000, the Russell 2000, and the Russell 3000 track different types of stocks.
Thursday was the Nasdaq's largest one-day decline from a record high in its history, according to Bespoke Investment Group. All three major indexes finished the day sharply lower. The Nasdaq closed down nearly 5%, and the S&P fell 3.5%, while the Dow finished 2.8%, or 808 points, lower.
US Market Overview
| Index | Last | Chng. |
|---|---|---|
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 34,230 | +97.31 |
| NASDAQ Composite Index | 13,582 | -51.08 |
| S&P 500 Index | 4,168 | +2.93 |
| Global Dow Realtime USD | 3,983 | +9.88 |
But because the Dow is a price-weighted index, not market-weighted, the tech stock's $225 share price means it's actually the sixth most expensive stock, representing 4.79% of the index's weighted total. That also explains why Amazon isn't in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and likely never will be.
How? You can't buy stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average itself, but you can gain portfolio exposure to the performance of the Dow and the companies included in the index. Your investment options include: Buy shares of all 30 companies included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Despite its concentrated holdings, it does just about as well tracking the market as does the S&P. ... Over the 25-year period, the Dow returned an average 10.3% per year, 0.8 percentage point per year better than the S&P. On a $10,000 investment, that amounts to a difference of nearly $20,000.
The total market capitalization of the U.S. stock market is currently $49,107,685.7 million (3/31/2021). The market value is the total market cap of all U.S. based public companies listed in New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Market or OTCQX U.S. Market (read more about OTC markets from here.)
Key Takeaways
The DJIA is simply a reflection of the weighted average of the stock prices and can be considered a price in itself. If the quote moves down by 80 points at the time of closing, it means you can get the stocks for $80.00 less (taking into account the divisor) and they are less valuable than the previous day.
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