In finance, refers to a standardized contract to buy or sell a specified commodity of standardized quality at a certain date in the future, at a market determined price (the futures price). The contracts are traded on a futures exchange. Futures contracts are not "direct" securities like stocks, bonds, rights or warrants as outlined by the Uniform Securities Act.

Symbol	Name	Last Trade	Change
^DJA	Dow Jones Composite Average	4,284.95 Jan 13	18.23 (0.42%)
^DJI	Dow Jones Industrial Average	12,422.06 Jan 13	48.96 (0.39%)
^DJT	Dow Jones Transportation Averag	5,175.92 Jan 13	33.44 (0.64%)
^DJU	Dow Jones Utility Average	450.90 Jan 13	0.64 (0.14%)

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