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Dow Jones Industrial Average chart
The Dow Jones Industrial Average - "the Dow" - tracks 30 large, established US companies chosen by the index committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices. It's one of the oldest and most widely cited US equity benchmarks.
This page shows a CFD from OANDA that tracks the Dow's price moves, not the index itself, since the underlying index isn't published as a free tradable feed on TradingView.
Dow Jones Industrial Average chart
OANDA:US30USDCFD tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average (OANDA US30USD). The index itself is not available to free TradingView widgets.
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At a glance
| Full name | Dow Jones Industrial Average |
|---|---|
| Ticker / common abbreviation | DJIA, the Dow |
| TradingView symbol | OANDA:US30USD |
| Instrument type shown | CFD tracking the index |
| Index provider | S&P Dow Jones Indices |
| Market covered | 30 large, established US-listed companies |
| Quotation currency | US dollar |
| Trading/market schedule | Underlying market: US exchange hours; CFD trades on the broker's own extended schedule |
| Price return vs total return | Headline index is price return; dividends are excluded |
| Data delay | CFD quotes from the liquidity provider, typically near real-time; check TradingView for the specific feed status |
What is Dow Jones Industrial Average?
S&P Dow Jones Indices maintains the Dow, made up of just 30 companies picked by committee judgement rather than a fixed rule. It's meant to represent large, well-established US businesses across a range of industries, excluding transportation and utilities, which have their own separate Dow indices.
Unlike most modern indices, the Dow is price-weighted: each constituent's influence depends on its share price, not its market cap. A company with a high share price can move the index more than a much larger company with a lower one. A divisor, adjusted for stock splits and constituent changes, keeps the index level consistent over time.
The headline figure is price return and excludes dividends. Like any index, you can't buy it directly - funds, futures and CFDs are used to track it instead.
How to read this chart
A rising Dow generally means its 30 constituents have gained on a price-weighted basis. Because of that weighting, a large percentage move in a high-priced constituent can dominate the index even if most other components barely move.
Price-weighting means the Dow can behave differently from cap-weighted indices such as the S&P 500, even when both include many of the same companies.
The chart shown here is a CFD proxy and can diverge slightly intraday from the official index due to the provider's own pricing; dividends are also excluded from the headline figure.
What moves it?
- Price-weighting effects
- Because weighting is based on share price rather than market value, moves in the Dow's highest-priced constituents have an outsized effect regardless of company size.
- Industrial and consumer-sector earnings
- The Dow's traditional emphasis on industrial, consumer and healthcare companies makes it sensitive to earnings trends in those sectors.
- US monetary policy
- Rate decisions affect valuations across the index's constituents, particularly those with significant debt or capital-intensive operations.
- Committee-driven composition changes
- Because constituents are chosen by committee rather than fixed rules, periodic replacements can shift the index's sector balance and price-weighting mix.
Why people watch it
The Dow remains a widely quoted headline gauge in general news coverage, making it a useful shorthand for broad US market sentiment even though professional investors often prefer cap-weighted benchmarks.
Businesses exposed to the Dow's constituent industries - industrials, consumer goods, healthcare and financials among them - use it as one reference point for sector conditions.
Dow Jones Industrial Average vs S&P 500
The Dow covers just 30 companies and is price-weighted. The S&P 500 covers around 500 companies and is weighted by float-adjusted market cap, giving it broader and more proportionate coverage of the US large-cap market.
Because of these structural differences, the two indices can diverge over short periods even when overall market sentiment is similar, particularly when high-priced Dow constituents move sharply.
Frequently asked questions
Why does the Dow only include 30 companies?
The Dow was designed as a compact snapshot of large, established US industry and has kept a small, committee-selected constituent list throughout its history, unlike broader cap-weighted indices.
What does price-weighted mean?
Each constituent's influence on the index level depends on its share price rather than the total market value of the company, which is different from most modern indices.
Why is a CFD shown instead of the index?
The official Dow feed isn't offered as a free TradingView symbol, so this page uses an OANDA CFD that closely tracks its price moves.
How often does the Dow's constituent list change?
Changes happen irregularly, decided by the index committee when a constituent no longer fits the index's criteria or following major corporate events such as mergers.
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Written and maintained by the StandardsDesk editorial team. Last reviewed 2026-08-06. The text here is deliberately evergreen: it is not rewritten every time the market moves, and no price or level is quoted anywhere outside the chart itself.
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