Click here for the weekly version of the 2000 chart. Click here for the monthly version of the 2000 chart. When a company appears for the first time it is not part of the average until the following month, when there are 2 figures to compare. Companies in grey at the bottom of the have been removed from the chart until further notice. For example, while a company is on the pink sheets or has suspended trading they are not part of the average.
Unusual circumstances can eliminate a company from the average temporarily.
Other unusual circumstances also can eliminate a company from the average. The stock symbol has been reassigned to Instinet, a totally different company. For each company we subtracted the prior price from the current price. We divided that price difference by the prior price. This, of course, resulted in a decimal fraction.