Dow Jones Utility Average

The Dow Jones Utility Average (also known as the "Dow Jones Utilities") is a stock index that keeps track of the performance of 15 prominent utility companies.

Components

The current components on the Dow Jones Utilities are as follows (company name followed by ticker symbol):

• AES Corp., The (AES) (conventional electricity)
• American Electric Power Co., Inc. (AEP) (conventional electricity)
• CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) (multiutilities)
• Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED) (conventional electricity)
• Dominion Resources, Inc. (D) (conventional electricity)
• Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) (multiutilities)
• Edison International (EIX) (conventional electricity)
• Exelon Corp. (EXC) (conventional electricity)
• FirstEnergy Corp. (FE) (conventional electricity)
• FPL Group Corp. (FPL) (conventional electricity)
• NiSource, Inc. (NI) (gas distribution)
• PG&E Corp. (PCG) (conventional electricity)
• Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (PEG) (conventional electricity)
• Southern Company, Inc. (SO) (conventional electricity)
• Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) (pipelines)

The Dow Jones Utilities is a price-weighted average.

History

Was created in 1929 when all utility stocks were removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average

External links

• Yahoo! Finance page for ^DJU
• Bloomberg page for UTIL:IND
• Dow Jones Utility Average information
• Dow Jones Utilities Average - DJUA