The largest single-day drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average occurred on Monday, March 16, 2020, over concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. That day, the Dow dropped 2,997 points in one session.

The strong jobs report also spurred a spike in Treasury yields and reduced expectations for the Federal Reserve to cut ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up around 4% in the first half of 2025 with a large majority of the 30 stocks positive.

Charles Dow established the Dow Jones Industrial Average on May 26, 1896. Earlier, in 1882, he co-founded the Dow Jones & Company with fellow journalists Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was created in 1896 by Charles Dow and originally consisted of 12 companies, each considered a giant in its sector. It was introduced in the Wall Street Journal as ...

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) sitting around 40,000, it may seem like a big stretch to expect it to reach 1 million at any point. But it isn't as far-fetched as it seems.

The past few days in the stock market have been so wild—a plunge on Monday, a sharp pivot upward on Tuesday, a rise with lots of oscillations on Wednesday—that a record set by the Dow Jones ...

Nvidia is replacing rival chipmaker Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a shakeup to the blue-chip index that reflects the boom in artificial intelligence and a major shift in the ...

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) sitting around 40,000, it may seem like a big stretch to expect it to reach 1 million at any point. After all, in the year 1900, the Dow was ...

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) sitting around 40,000, it may seem like a big stretch to expect it to reach 1 million at any point. But it isn't as far-fetched as it seems.