What Is the Dow Jones? (Finance)
August 2, 2024
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a stock market index that tracks the top 30 American companies by measuring the daily price movements of those companies. The Dow Jones groups the prices of the 30 most actively traded stocks on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq. In summary the Dow Jones is an index that is used to help investors better understand the overall direction of stock prices.