Dow Jones: Slight recovery after a weak start to trading!

Dow Jones: Slight recovery after a weak start to trading!

On December 26, 2024, the Dow Jones recorded an increase of 0.03 percent and closed at 43,311.92 points (as of 8:00 p.m. NYSE). Loud finanzen.ch The market capitalization of the index was 19.370 trillion euros. At the start of trading there was a loss of 0.879 percent and the index fell to 42,916.48 points, while the previous day had closed at 43,297.03 points.

The course of the day was characterized by a high of 43,373.98 points and a low of 43,115.09 points. Since the beginning of the week, the Dow Jones has recorded an increase of 1.19 percent. A comparative review shows that a month ago the index was at 44,860.31 points, three months ago at 42,175.11 points and a year ago at 37,545.33 points. The index has increased by 14.84 percent since the beginning of the year.

Stock performance and market capitalization

The strongest stocks in the Dow Jones were:

• Honeywell: +0,90% auf 230,95 USD
• Procter & Gamble: +0,65% auf 170,04 USD
• UnitedHealth: +0,59% auf 509,11 USD
• Boeing: +0,52% auf 180,27 USD
• Nike: +0,38% auf 77,08 USD

In contrast, the following stocks saw the biggest losses:

• Amazon: -0,50% auf 227,90 USD
• Caterpillar: -0,42% auf 366,04 USD
• Salesforce: -0,41% auf 343,01 USD
• Home Depot: -0,38% auf 394,62 USD
• Walmart: -0,36% auf 92,35 USD

NVIDIA shares had the largest trading volume with 12,537,734 shares traded, while Apple shares had the highest market value in the Dow Jones with a market capitalization of 3.754 trillion euros. According to FactSet estimates, Verizon stock has the lowest price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio in the index, at 8.89. Verizon is also expected to offer a dividend yield of 6.72 percent, which is the highest in the index.

At the end of the reporting period, the Dow Jones 30 Industrial Index was trading at 43,303.65 points, an increase of 6.62 points or 0.02 percent, as finance.net reported.