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The Dow Jones Industrial Average was created on May 26, 1896 and is named after Charles Dow and Edward Jones.
Markets closed Dec. 31st, 2012 at 13,104. Jan. 1st, 2013 was a public holiday.
The Dow Jones Index (typically the Dow Jones Industrial Average) indicates the relative value of companies based on an average of the 30 largest and most widely-known companies. If the Dow Jones is high, it is assumed that the economy is doing well as profits are high and citizens are spending money.
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On December 24, 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 10,520.10.
It depends on which day you are referring to. It ranged in the month of December from (low) 8,149 December 1st to (high)8,934 on December 8th. It closed out the year on December 31, 2008 at 8,776.
The Dow Jones closed at 8,776.39 on December 31, 2008.
I don't think Dow Jones has an abbreviation, however, Dow Jones Industrial Average is DJI or DJIA. Global Dow Jones Industrial Average is INDEXDJX:.DJI.
Dow Jones Transportation Average was created in 1884.
Dow Jones Utility Average was created in 1929.
there are 13,000 compenies listed on Dow Jones.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was created on May 26, 1896 and is named after Charles Dow and Edward Jones.
Dow Jones - 2013 was released on: USA: 4 May 2013 (Petaluma International Film Festival)
In 1884, Charles Dow created the Dow Jones Average. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was then created by the same man in May of 1886. The average was made up of 12 stocks.
On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 the Dow Jones closed at 14,296.24. That topped the all-time high of 14,164 of October 9, 2007. Update: On July 3, 2014, The Dow Jones closed at 16,976.24.