Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJIA)

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[edit] What is difference between ^DJI and $INDU . They have different Lows .

Suggestion by 189.170.2.79 on 2008-11-17 23:56:53

What is difference between ^DJI and $INDU . They have different Lows .

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[edit] What are the five stocks that make up Dow Jones industrial average?

Suggestion by 70.251.179.71 on 2008-10-10 16:11:15

What are the five stocks that make up Dow Jones industrial average?

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[edit] Stocks that make up the Dow

There's 30 stocks that make up the Dow - look at the table on the Neutral page to see what they are.

[edit] What impact does each dow component have on the dow average?

Suggestion by 63.122.89.3 on 2008-09-16 15:41:53

What impact does each dow component have on the dow average?

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[edit] How do Changes in Stock Prices Impact the Dow Average?

Because the Dow is price-weighted, and not market cap weighted, absolute changes in stock price for each component of the index affect the average the same way.

Translating a dollar change in one stock to a points change in the index is easy. Just divide the stock price change by the current Dow divisor to get its effect on the index.

Take Stock A, trading at $25. It goes up $5 - so we divide this by 9.5 to get .5 points. So a $5 increase in Stock A's price would add .5 points to the value of the Dow index. If all else stayed the same, the index would go to 50.5 points.