The Dow Jones index held a gain Tuesday. Homebuilder stocks rallied after two leaders posted positive earnings results.

Stock futures wavered between slight gains and losses Tuesday morning as investors reacted to quarterly results from a slew ...

US stocks closed mixed Tuesday, but the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) was able to eke out a new record as Wall Street digested a new batch of earnings, including a tariff warning from General Motors (GM), ...

Stocks were mostly edging lower on Tuesdaym amid signs that the recent rally that’s powered both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to all-time highs may be starting to fizzle out. Futures tracking the Dow Jones ...

US stocks closed mixed on Monday, but the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 managed to notch fresh records. Wall Street began a ...

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

U.S. stock futures were little changed Sunday night as investors tracked the latest developments on trade, and awaited the ...

Shares of KLA Corp. KLAC slipped 4.86% to $892.22 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.06% to 6,309.62 and the ...

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.

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.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tracks 30 large, well-known blue-chip stocks trading on the New York Stock Exchange. It is price-weighted, meaning that higher-priced stocks affect index ...