Dow Index
Update time:Mon, May 09 2011 23:11:35
The
Dow Index are maintained and reviewed by editors of The Wall Street Journal, Because the Dow Index consist of the biggest publicly traded companies on the U.S stock market the changes in the index components are quite rare. The
Dow Index price is affected only by the changes in the price of stocks from the index basket and is not affected by the number of outstanding shares. Investing in the Dow Index is made widely accessible in equities through exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as well as in derivatives through option contracts and futures contracts.
Dow Industrial Index
the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (^DJI) is one of the most tracked by the investors indexes in the world. The DJI index is also known as DOW (30) and is one of the oldest indexes (was launched in 1986).
| Index Value: | 12,684.68 |
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| Trade Time: | 4:02PM EDT |
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| Change: |  45.94 (0.36%) |
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| Prev Close: | 12,638.74 |
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| Open: | 12,637.83 |
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| Days Range: | 12,620.20 - 12,722.07 |
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| 52wk Range: | 9,596.04 - 12,928.50 |
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Dow Composite Index
Dow Jones Composite Average index (^DJA) tracks 65 publicly traded companies. DJA index is also known as DJCA and as DOW(65). The Dow composite index is a basket of stocks from the DJI (Dow Jones Industrials), DJT (Dow Jones Transportation) and DJU (Dow Jones Utilities).
| Index Value: | 4,366.93 |
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| Trade Time: | 4:04PM EDT |
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| Change: | 10.22 (0.23%) |
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| Prev Close: | 4,356.71 |
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| Open: | 4,356.54 |
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| Days Range: | 4,343.73 - 4,377.54 |
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| 52wk Range: | 826.97 - 4,438.86 |
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Dow Transportation Index
The Dow Jones Transportation Average Index (^DJT) is one of the oldest stock market indexes in the world (introduced in 1884). This index is represented by 20 of the biggest publicly traded companies that cover the Transportation market sector. The DOW Transportation index also well known as DOW(20).
| Index Value: | 5,470.16 |
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| Trade Time: | 4:04PM EDT |
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| Change: |  1.62 (0.03%) |
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| Prev Close: | 5,471.78 |
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| Open: | 5,470.89 |
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| Days Range: | 5,445.97 - 5,487.60 |
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| 52wk Range: | 3,869.80 - 5,577.40 |
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Dow Utility Index
The Dow Jones Utility Average Index (^DJU) is also known as DOW(15) which represents 15 of the biggest U.S companies in the Conventional Electricity, Multiutilities and Gas Distribution industries. The DJU is one of the latest DOW indexes and it was introduced in 1929.
| Index Value: | 431.17 |
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| Trade Time: | 4:02PM EDT |
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| Change: | 1.36 (0.32%) |
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| Prev Close: | 429.81 |
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| Open: | 429.76 |
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| Days Range: | 427.66 - 431.53 |
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| 52wk Range: | 346.78 - 435.99 |
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Dow Index are the most widely recognized gauge of the American transportation sector, The Dow Transportation Index (also called the Dow Jones Transports Index ^DJT ) is a U.S. stock market index of the transportation sector. It is the oldest stock index still in use, even older than its better-known relative, the Dow Industrial Index (^DJI).
The Dow Industrial Index, also referred to as the Industrial Average, the Dow Jones, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), or simply the Dow, is a stock market index, it is now owned by the CME Group, who is the majority owner of Dow Indexes.
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