The Dow Jones Industrial Average was in the process of heading for its highest closing level of the year on Wednesday as investors held out hope for more trade deals. The Dow was up about 451 points, ...

As you can see, all three indexes surged late in the month, following the Fed's update and easing tensions in the Middle East. Let's take a look at the two best-perfoming stocks on the Dow Jones ...

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 ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was created in 1896 by Charles Dow and originally consisted of 12 companies, each considered a giant in its sector. It was introduced in the Wall Street Journal as ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) reached record highs in December 2024, buoyed by good economic news and hopes that the Fed might cut interest rates further.

The largest single-day drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average occurred on Monday, March 16, 2020, over concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. That day, the Dow dropped 2,997 points in one session.

For more than 128 years, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI-0.04%) has served as a barometer of Wall Street's health. Over that time, it's evolved from an index that contained a dozen ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average enters trading Wednesday on a nine-day losing streak, the longest stretch of consecutive daily declines for the blue chip index since 1978.

Q: What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average anyway? A: It’s a venerable U.S. stock-market index that Charles Dow invented in 1896. It comprises 30 stocks, which the selection committee ...