The DOW Index (Dow Jones Industrials or DJI) consists on 30 biggest public U.S, companies, 28 of which are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and 2 (Microsoft and Intel) on the NASDAQ Exchange.
The DJI index was lunched on May 26, 1896 and at that time it was a basket of 11 stocks. On October. 7, 1896 the Dow Jones Industrials index was increased to 20 stocks and in 1928 the DJI index was expended to 30 companies.
Below you may see the list of these 30 DJI Stocks as of April 30, 2008. This is an outdated listing, yet it may give you the picture of what companies are selected into DJI index. For most recent listing I would recommend visiting the Dow Jones web siteTicker Company Sector Exchange MMM 3M Co. Diversified Industrials NYSE AA Alcoa Inc. Aluminum NYSE AXP American Express Co. Consumer Finance NYSE AIG American International Group Inc. Full Line Insurance NYSE T AT&T Inc. Fixed Line Telecommunications NYSE BAC Bank of America Corp. Banks NYSE BA Boeing Co. Aerospace NYSE CAT Caterpillar Inc. Commercial Vehicles & Trucks NYSE CVX Chevron Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas NYSE C Citigroup Inc. Banks NYSE KO Coca-Cola Co. Soft Drinks NYSE DD E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. Commodity Chemicals NYSE XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. Integrated Oil & Gas NYSE GE General Electric Co. Diversified Industrials NYSE GM General Motors Corp. Automobiles NYSE HPQ Hewlett-Packard Co. Computer Hardware NYSE HD Home Depot Inc. Home Improvement Retailers NYSE INTC Intel Corp. Semiconductors NASDAQ IBM International Business Machines Corp. Computer Services NYSE JNJ Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals NYSE JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Banks NYSE MCD McDonald's Corp. Restaurants & Bars NYSE MRK Merck & Co. Inc. Pharmaceuticals NYSE MSFT Microsoft Corp. Software NASDAQ PFE Pfizer Inc. Pharmaceuticals NYSE PG Procter & Gamble Co. Nondurable Household Products NYSE UTX United Technologies Corp. Aerospace NYSE VZ Verizon Communications Inc. Fixed Line Telecommunications NYSE WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Broadline Retailers NYSE DIS Walt Disney Co. Broadcasting & Entertainment NYSE
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