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

U.S. index futures traded on a lackluster note early Monday after the major averages recorded weekly gains in the past week.

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.

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.

Stocks retreated on Thursday as stronger-than-expected wholesale inflation data tempered investor optimism over a potential ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.