What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?


What makes up the Dow?

The daily three-digit drops on the Dow Jones Industrial Average this week scream from headlines. But what are the components driving these drops? Here are the 30 stocks in the average, with company, ticker symbol, 52-week trading range (before close Friday) and Friday close:

3M Co. (MMM); $53.38-$96.49; +76 cents, $54.26

Alcoa Inc. (AA); $11.98-$44.77; +$8.06, $96.80

American Express Co. (AXP); $23.33-$63.63; -85 cents, $23.15

AT&T Inc. (T); $22.52-$42.79; -58 cents, $22.42

Bank of America Corp. (BAC); $18.44-$52.96; +$1.24, $20.87

Boeing Co. (BA); $44.41-$99.58; +$1.33, $14.25

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT); $44.26-$85.96; -$1.67, $43.13

Chevron Corp. (CVX); $64.00-$104.63; -$6.17, $57.83

Citigroup Inc. (C); $12.85-$48.95; +$1.18, $14.11

Coca-Cola Co. (KO); $43.30-$65.59; -$1.80, $41.50

E.I. DuPont de Nemours (DD); $33.76-$52.49; -36 cents, $33.40

Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM); $67.47-$96.12; -$5.64, $62.36

General Electric Co. (GE); $19.00-$42.09; +$2.49, $21.50

General Motors Corp. (GM); $4.65-$43.20; +13 cents, $4.89

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ); $37.14-$53.48; -$1.50, $37.00

Home Depot Inc. (HD); $19.71-$34.25; -18 cents, $19.75

Intel Corp. (INTC); $15.49-$27.99; -41 cents, $15.19

IBM Corp. (IBM); $88.23-$130.93; -$1.25, $87.75

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ); $57.58-$72.76; -$1.73, $55.85

JPMorgan Chase &Co. (JPM); $29.24-$50.63; +$4.96, $41.64

Kraft Foods Inc. CI A (KFT); $27.67-$35.29; -45 cents, $27.25

McDonald's Corp. (MCD); $49.36-$67.00; +$1.27, $53.35

Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK:NYSE); $25.53-$61.62; +2 cents, $26.23

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT); $22.07-$37.50; -80 cents, $21.50

Pfizer Inc. (PFE); $15.49-$25.64; -53 cents, $15.14

Procter & Gamble Co. (PG); $60.05-$75.18; -$1.32, $59.56

United Technologies Corp. (UTX); $46.33-$81.20; +$1.30, $47.63

Verizon Communications (VZ); $25.87-$46.24; +84 cents, $26.77

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT); $42.50-$63.85; -44 cents, $50.95

Walt Disney Co. (DIS); $23.75-$35.63; -76 cents, $23.04