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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (/ ˈdaʊ /), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) closed up about 0.5%, or more than 150 points — its third-highest close ever.
The Dow climbed 500 points shortly after the opening bell, while the Nasdaq jumped 2.4% and the S&P 500 gained 1.5% to hit fresh record highs.
The Nasdaq Composite (ticker symbol ^IXIC) [2] is a stock market index that includes almost all stocks listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500, it is one of the three most-followed stock market indices in the United States.
All the major market averages finished higher for the week, with the S&P 500 gaining 2.5%, the Dow Jones Industrial average ending up 1.8% and the Nasdaq climbing north of 4%.
Stock market index A comparison of three major U.S. stock indices: the NASDAQ Composite, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and S&P 500 Index. All three have the same height at March 2007. The NASDAQ spiked during the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, a result of the large number of technology companies on that index.
12:18 p.m. ET: Dow sets record intraday high The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to an all-time high during Wednesday's session, reaching as much as 35,632.94.
S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC is a joint venture between S&P Global, the CME Group, and News Corp that was announced in 2011 and later launched in 2012. It produces, maintains, licenses, and markets stock market indices as benchmarks and as the basis of investable products, such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs), mutual funds, and structured products.