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Basics of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) You Need to Know

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Dow Jones Industrial Average

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity indexes.

DJIA

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Dow Jones's craze is such that investors around the world want to know its status first every day.

^DJI

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It is a collection of the 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average Index has several ticker symbols based on the market or website, such as ^DJI, $INDU, .DJI, DJIA

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The DJIA, the second oldest of the US market indices, was created by Charles Dow, founded in 1885.

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Charles Dow was editor of The Wall Street Journal and co-founder of Dow Jones & Company.

Annual Return

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Without adjusting for dividends and inflation, the DJIA's average annual return over the past 100 years has been approximately 8%.

Market Cap of DJIA

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The Dow Jones market cap as of June 3, 2022 was US$10.35 trillion.

Dow Jones Stock Management

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The index and its components are maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC.

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Futures contracts are issued by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).

Derivatives Trading in ^DJI

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But the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) issues option contracts on Dow.

Dow Jones Industrial Average Today

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The index was valued at 62.76 in the mid-1880s, trading at 32,920 today.

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Some of the major stocks included in Dow Jones are American Express, Apple, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Walmart etc.

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