What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)?

By Conor Richardson

Last Updated 04/28/24

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, or DJIA, is a curated selection of 30 prominent publicly traded companies. The DJIA is considered a proxy for how well the United States stock market is performing.

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