The Dow Jones Industrial Average includes 30 of the strongest companies around. This includes industry leaders that have a long record of delivering solid returns for investors, and many of these stocks pay regular dividends to shareholders.
As of 20 February 2025, the index has steadily increased, rising 14.41% in the last 12 months and 4.21% year to date in 2025.
Dow Jones tests support at 43,500 – 43,600 as Unitedhealth Group is down by 6.6%. The stock suffered a sell-off as WSJ reported that DOJ was investigating Medicare billing practices. The company denied the report, but traders rushed to sell the stock.
Bitcoin dipped 0.3% while Coinbase Global Inc. shares were mostly flat Friday morning, after the largest crypto exchange in the U.S. said that the Securities and Exchange Commission had agreed to dismiss a suit alleging that Coinbase operated in an unlawful manner.
Hubbell is buying back company shares up to $500 million. The manufacturer of utility and electrical solutions on Wednesday said that its board of directors approved the new buyback, set to expire in February 2028. Write to Sabela Ojea at sabela.ojea@wsj.com
NEW YORK — A sharp slide for Walmart on Thursday helped pull Wall Street off of its record. The Standard & Poor’s 500 slipped 0.4% for its first drop after setting all-time highs in each of the last two days. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 1%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.5%.