T he Dow Jones Industrial Average held a modest gain Friday in mixed action among the major stock indexes. In the stock ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended nearly flat on Friday after hitting a record high in morning action — riding a wave of ...

U.S. stocks generally had a positive month in July, with several indexes posting gains. However, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Value-hunters with big stakes in a particular component kept one of the main U.S. equity indexes in positive territory.

Investors tend to watch the consumer-price index for insight into how prices are affected by inflation. And when investors ...

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite reached all-time highs late June, thanks to renewed AI enthusiasm, hopes of U.S. trade ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average became the first major U.S. stock index to set a record since the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates. Investors on Wednesday drove the blue-chip index ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) is having a strong year. The venerable market index of 30 bellwether stocks is up more than 15% on the year. It's on track for a better ...

Dow Jones Industrial Average vs. S&P 500 The Dow and the S&P 500 are probably the two most well-known stock market indexes, but there are a couple of key differences between the two.

In the Dow Jones Industrial Average, 28 of the 30 stocks pay out dividends. The average dividend yield of the 30 companies is 2% with the 10 highest averaging a yield of 3.5%.

The stock with the fifth-highest weighting the Dow Jones Industrial Average is biotech company Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN). Amgen's roughly $323 share price as of Feb. 2 equates to about 2,130 Dow points.