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.

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

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 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 ...

Investors tend to watch the consumer-price index for insight into how prices are affected by inflation. And when investors ...

The Dow's gains have been propelled by a solid year-to-date performances from Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs, tech giant ...

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