The three most popular stock indexes for tracking the performance of the U.S. market are the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq Composite Index.
What are the 3 major stock exchanges?
The New York Stock Exchange is the largest stock exchange in the world, with an equity market capitalization of just over 28.2 trillion U.S. dollars as of October 2021. The following three exchanges were the NASDAQ, the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Euronext. What is a stock exchange?
A stock index is a group of shares that are used to give an indication of a sector, exchange or economy. Usually, a stock index is made up of a set number of the top shares from a given exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the top 30 companies on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.