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

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

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

Within the Nasdaq -100 index, Advanced Micro Devices AMD and Palo Alto Networks PANW were among the best performers at the ...

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.

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 ...

The Dow’s current form is based largely on changes during the 20th century. In 1916, the index went from a collection of 12 stocks to 20. In 1928, it increased to 30 stocks, where it remains today.

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Most stocks fell on Wall Street Thursday after a disappointing report said inflation was worse last month at ...

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%.

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.