Dow Jones Industrial Average

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (, also called the DJIA, Dow 30, The Dow Jones or The Dow) is a stock market index. It was created by Charles Dow, who started the Wall Street Journal newspaper and later Dow Jones & Company.

The stock prices of 30 companies are used to calculate the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The 30 companies are picked by experts who work for Dow Jones. They are supposed to  represent the general economy of the United States. The rules to pick companies say that all the companies must be from the USA. The rules also say the companies' stocks must be traded on either the NYSE or the Nasdaq Exchange. 

In the past the companies were all heavy industries companies and made things like steel, oil, autos, and appliances. Now the it has many different kinds of companies including some that offer products and services like medicine or software.

Since 2020, these are the companies that currently make up the Dow Jones:
 Company Exchange Symbol Industry Date Added Notes3MNYSEMMM Conglomerate 1976-08-09as Minnesota Mining and ManufacturingAmerican ExpressNYSEAXP Consumer finance 1982-08-30Amgen NASDAQAMGNPharmaceuticals 2020-08-31 AppleNASDAQAAPLConsumer Electronics 2015-03-18 BoeingNYSEBA Aerospace and Defense contractor 1987-03-12CaterpillarNYSECAT Construction and Mining equipment 1991-05-06ChevronNYSECVX Oil & gas 2008-02-19 also 1930-07-18 to 1999-11-01Cisco SystemsNASDAQCSCOComputer networking 2009-06-08Coca-ColaNYSEKO Beverages 1987-03-12also 1932-05-26 to 1935-11-20DuPontNYSEDD Chemical industry 1935-11-20also 1924-01-22 to 1925-08-31General ElectricNYSEGE Conglomerate 1907-11-07Goldman SachsNYSEGS Banking, Financial services 2013-09-20The Home DepotNYSEHD Home improvement retailer 1999-11-01HoneywellNYSEHON Conglomerate 2020-08-31NvidiaNASDAQNVDASemiconductors 2024-11-08IBMNYSEIBM Computers and technology 1979-06-29 also 1932-05-26 to 1939-03-04Johnson & JohnsonNYSEJNJ Pharmaceuticals 1997-03-17JPMorgan ChaseNYSEJPM Banking 1991-05-06McDonald'sNYSEMCD Fast food 1985-10-30MerckNYSEMRK Pharmaceuticals 1979-06-29MicrosoftNASDAQMSFTSoftware 1999-11-01NikeNYSENKE Apparel 2013-09-20Procter & GambleNYSEPG Consumer goods 1932-05-26SalesforceNYSECRM Software 2020-08-31TravelersNYSETRV Insurance 2009-06-08UnitedHealth GroupNYSEUNH Managed health care 2012-09-24United TechnologiesNYSEUTX Conglomerate 1939-03-14as United AircraftVerizonNYSEVZ Telecommunication 2004-04-08VisaNYSEV Consumer banking 2013-09-20Wal-MartNYSEWMT Retail 1997-03-17Walt DisneyNYSEDIS Broadcasting and entertainment 1991-05-06

For a list of companies that have once been a part on the Dow Jones but are no longer part of it, see this list.

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