Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA $INDU

The DJIA is the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is the most watched equity index in the USA and the world. This equity index is a simple average of the prices of the 30 stocks in the index. This is often also referred to as a price weighted index. Compare this to the S&P500 equity index which is a value weighted index.

The DJIA is often referred to by its ticker symbol which is $INDU.

The components of the DJIA in April 2010 were:

3M
Alcoa
American Express
AT&T
Bank of America
Boeing
Caterpillar
Chevron Corporation
Cisco Systems
Coca-Cola
DuPont
ExxonMobil
General Electric
Hewlett-Packard
The Home Depot
Intel
IBM
Johnson & Johnson
JPMorgan Chase
Kraft Foods
McDonald's
Merck
Microsoft
Pfizer
Procter & Gamble
Travelers
United Technologies Corporation
Verizon Communications
Wal-Mart
Walt Disney