The Dow Jones index rose Thursday on surprise jobless claims and retail sales. Nvidia chipmaker TSMC rose on earnings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is set to achieve a golden cross today, a potentially bullish sign for the index. Golden ...

T he Dow Jones Industrial Average pared its loss but remained in the red on Friday afternoon, with tariff concerns resurfacing as President Donald Trump reportedly pushes for steeper levies from the ...

Stocks were taken on a wild ride Wednesday as a White House official indicated to CNBC that Trump was moving closer to firing ...

The country's largest banks reported earnings that exceeded Wall Street's estimates. Core inflation, calmer than expected, ...

June inflation data released Tuesday represented an increase from May levels, despite the headline numbers matching ...

Verizon has the lowest share price among the Dow's 30 components -- and that's a dangerous place to be in a share ...

Stock splits are common among companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Most companies tend to split their stock when ...

McDonald's ( MCD 0.45%) had the unfortunate distinction of posting the Dow Jones Industrial Average's worst stock performance ...

Dow Jones Industrial Average vs. S&P 500 The Dow and the S&P 500 are probably the two most well-known stock market indexes, but there are a couple of key differences between the two.

Although it's the top number you see when you look at any stock market coverage, there are some shortcomings to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Most obviously, the Dow Jones only includes 30 stocks.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, also known as the “Dow,” shook up its constituents earlier this week. Cloud computing and software provider Salesforce.com CRM replaced oil giant Exxon Mobil XOM.