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The Dow Jones Industrial Average® The Dow®, is a price-weighted measure of 30 U.S. blue-chip companies. The index covers all industries except transportation and utilities. The calculation is also changed to reflect stock splits. While this index is not reflective of the entire stock market, watching changes in the DJIA can help you stay abreast of current conditions. The DJIA is a price-weighted index of 30 component common stocks, the components of which are determined by the Averages Committee, which is composed of the managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, the head of Dow Jones Indexes research and the head of CME Group research. When the closing bell rang Friday, the SP 500 was off 1.1%, the Dow down 1.2%, and the Nasdaq lower by 0.7%. The small cap Russell 2000 took the day's biggest losses, falling more than 2.5% as the index's weight toward regional banks — which stands at about 16% — put the index under heavier pressure than its larger peers.
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