What is the Dow Jones 30?

This is the flagship stock index of the United States, made up of the 30 largest companies in a variety of industries. These companies are all located in the United States and are listed on the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) or NASDAQ transactions. The index is named after Charles Dow, the first editor of The Wall Street Journal, and his business partner, Edward Jones, also known dow Jones Industrial Average or Dow for short.

Where have you heard of the Dow Jones 30?

The Dow is the most widely recognized stock market index in the world, and you'll often see it in the business news. It is with London. FTSE 100 index and Japan nikkei 225 Index it is also called the most popular index.

What you need to know about the Dow Jones 30...

The Dow covers well-known global brands. As of February 2017, it covers Apple, Nike, Microsoft, Disney, Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, and American Express.

It is a price-weighted index, I .e., high-priced stocks have a greater impact on the performance of the index than low-priced stocks.

The Dow, along with London's FTSE 100, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 and the S & P 500, which is also part of the US index, are the China Finance Online Co., Ltd.'s most popular indices.