Dow Jones

Created in 1896 by Charles Dow, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of the oldest and most followed equity indexes for overall stock market health. The Dow Jones Industrial Average consists of 30 stocks on a price-weighted basis. The index has changed its holdings many times throughout history...

Online retail giant Amazon.com is one of the most talked-about stocks this week with an upcoming earnings report and rumors of a share split announcement. What Happened: Fox Business panelist Charles Gasparino tweeted Monday that, according to traders he has spoken to, an Amazon.com (...

News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS) consented to the acquisition of Investor’s Business Daily from O’Neil Capital Management for $275 million. The digital-first financial news and research business would be operated by Dow Jones, a News Corp subsidiary. Investor’s...

Stocks are surging higher Monday morning in a case of déjà vu to last Monday. What Happened: Phase 3 results for Moderna Inc’s (NASDAQ: MRNA) COVID-19 vaccine were reported with the results showing a 94% efficacy rate. The mRNA-1273 vaccine from Moderna requires...

Technology led the market down Thursday, where all three major indices saw big losses and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) set a market cap loss record. What Happened: Apple set a global record by losing $180 billion in market cap. The prior U.S. record was Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), which lost $120...

One day doesn't make a trend, but Thursday's trading performance could spell worry for the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 1,000 points and investors are scrambling to figure out if it's a buy the dip opportunity or a reason to exit ahead of more losses. Buy The...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished Friday's session down more than 4%. This marks a reversal from a three-day winning streak where major indices gained more than 20% from Monday's close. So has the market reached a bottom during the coronavirus pandemic? Or is there more pain...

EUR/USD Current Price: 1.0740 The US Federal Reserve announced it would purchase an unlimited amount of Treasuries, loan facilities. Markit will release this Tuesday the preliminary estimates of  March PMI. EUR/USD´s corrective advance met sellers around a Fibonacci resistance level....

The Dow Jones Industrial Average came 400 points of falling to the 20,000 mark Monday, and even after a minor rebound, the index is still down a massive 2,000 points, or more than 9%. Two Dow components were standing out amid the wreckage: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) and Walgreens Boots...

The Nikkei 225 index fell 4.13% to 21,042.10 on Friday morning as coronavirus fears gripped investors.  What Happened The fall in the Japanese markets came after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced strict measures to contain the Covid-19 epidemic, ordering all schools to be shut until the...

The United States dollar fell against the Japanese yen on Thursday as investors fear a possible coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country. What Happened The Center for Disease Control and Prevention said it had identified a coronavirus patient with no travel history to affected areas or...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost nearly 2,000 points throughout Monday and Tuesday's sessions, making stocks $1.7 trillion less valuable compared to last week, according to data compiled by CNBC. Here is a brief summary of what multiple pros are saying amid a coronavirus-induced plunge....

Chinese stocks led an Asia-wide market recovery on Tuesday, as the paranoia over the markets reopening post the extended lunar holiday seemed to calm down. What Happened The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose to 20,438 by the end of Monday, according to state-run Xinhua News...

Markets in China tumbled significantly in early trade on Monday (Beijing time) over coronavirus fears. What Happened The markets opened after the Lunar holiday, which was extended due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, after having last traded on January 23. The death toll from the virus...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average could hit the 30,000 milestone by the end of January, but investors may want to put off celebrating due to the absence of any meaningful earnings growth, Wharton Finance Professor Jeremy Siegel said Thursday on CNBC's "Trading Nation." The Dow...