The Dow is based on share prices because when Dow and Jones created it back in the day and it had only 12 stocks, the only metric available for them to use was share price.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average accelerated its gains on Friday, in the process erasing its 2025 year-to-date losses, according to FactSet data, at last check The Dow was up around 231 points, or ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 2,231 points, or 5.5%, while the S&P 500 plunged 6%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq declined 5.8%. Jesus apparition appears in clouds after Mass at basilica in ...

Since 1896, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has evolved from an index packed with 12 (mostly) industrial stocks to one that now sports 30 diverse, multinational businesses. Prior to trading ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 40000 for the first time, giving investors hope that stocks can keep climbing. Meanwhile, a surprise rate cut this summer could happen as signs of an ...

Dow surges 2.8%, breaks 200-day average for first time since April tariff escalation. By mid-afternoon, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 42,385 — its 2nd-best day in 6 months, eclipsed only ...

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) sitting around 40,000, it may seem like a big stretch to expect it to reach 1 million at any point. After all, in the year 1900, the Dow was ...

By adding AI darling Nvidia, the Dow Jones Industrial Average will better represent the modern semiconductor industry, S&P Dow Jones Indices said.

UnitedHealth Group's recent stock plunge makes it clearer than ever why we should stop paying so much attention to the Dow.

Meanwhile, the departing Dow Inc. is the smallest component in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, with a market cap of $34 billion (for context, Sherwin-Williams is a $90 billion company).

For more than 128 years, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) has served as a barometer of Wall Street's health. Over that time, it's evolved from an index that contained a ...