Dow Jones Transportation Average - DJTA

The Dow Jones Transportation Average (also called the "Dow Jones Transports;" DJTA) is the oldest U.S. stock market index.

Components

Today, the index consists of the following 20 companies (weighted to adjust for stock splits and other factors):

• Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (ALEX) (shipping)
• AMR Corporation (AMR) (major airlines)
• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNI) (railroads)
• C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (CHRW) (air delivery & freight services)
• Con-Way, Inc. (CNW) (trucking)
• Continental Airlines, Inc. (CAL) (major airlines)
• CSX Corp. (CSX) (railroads)
• Expeditors International (EXPD) (air delivery & freight services)
• FedEx Corporation (FDX) (air delivery & freight services)
• GATX Corp. (GMT) (rental & leasing services)
• JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (trucking)
• JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU) (regional airlines)
• Landstar System, Inc. (LSTR) (trucking)
• Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) (railroads)
• Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG) (shipping)
• Ryder System, Inc. (R) (rental & leasing services)
• Southwest Airlines, Inc. (LUV) (regional airlines)
• Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) (railroads)
• United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) (air delivery & freight services)
• YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW) (trucking)

(last change September 16, 2005)

History

It was created on July 3, 1884 by Charles Dow, co-founder of Dow Jones & Company, as part of the "Customer's Afternoon Letter". At its inception, it consisted of eleven transportation-related companies: nine railroads and two non-rail companies. They were the following:

• Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
• Chicago and North Western Railway
• Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
• Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
• Louisville and Nashville Railroad
• Missouri Pacific Railway
• New York Central Railroad
• Northern Pacific Railroad preferred stock
• Pacific Mail Steamship Company (not a railroad)
• Union Pacific Railway
• Western Union (not a railroad)

External links

• Yahoo! Finance page for ^DJT
• Bloomberg page for TRAN:IND
• Dow Jones & Company website
• Yahoo: Chart of DJTA performance (1928-present)
• Dow Transports Lagging the Dow Industrials - A Fundamental Sign the Economy is Struggling

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