What Is Dow 30 Doing Today
Dow 30 is our name for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the index of 30 large, established US companies that is the oldest of the three American benchmarks. We track it through the DIA ETF, the exchange-traded fund that holds the index, so the price shown is the fund's price, roughly one hundredth of the index level, and the percentage move is the same.
Every 3 hours we score the latest US equity headlines on the same 0 to 100 scale we use for the 8 major currencies, then compare the Dow 30 score with the US dollar score from the same cycle. The gap between the two gives the Dow 30 read: equity sentiment running ahead of the dollar leans the index up, the dollar running ahead leans it down.
Dow 30 Profile
- Quote: the DIA ETF price in US dollars, roughly one hundredth of the Dow Jones index level
- Index: 30 large US companies, weighted by share price rather than market value, with industrial, financial, healthcare and consumer names alongside a few technology giants
- Pip convention on this site: 1 pip is $0.01 on the ETF price. Index CFDs are quoted on the index level with their own point values, so check your own account specification
- Trading hours: New York hours, 09:30 to 16:00 Eastern time (13:30 to 20:00 UTC in US summer time, 14:30 to 21:00 UTC in winter), Monday to Friday. Outside those hours the last close is shown
- Related markets: US 500 and US Tech 100 (the other US benchmarks), USD/JPY (risk appetite), XAU/USD (the safe haven)
What Moves Dow 30
The index reacts to the earnings of large industrial, financial and consumer companies and to the rates and trade backdrop. Here is what to watch on each side:
Dow 30 (DJI) side
- Earnings and guidance from the 30 members, with the highest-priced shares moving the index most
- Federal Reserve decisions and the path of Treasury yields
- US inflation, jobs and growth data against expectations
- Tariffs and trade policy, which hit the industrial and multinational names directly
- Risk appetite: geopolitics, volatility and flows into or out of equities
US Dollar (USD) side
- Fed (FOMC) rate decisions and the tone of the press conference
- US CPI and PCE inflation prints
- NFP non-farm payrolls (first Friday of the month)
- US Treasury yields, particularly the 2-year and 10-year
- Broad dollar strength: a rallying dollar is a headwind for anything priced in it
Common Questions About Dow 30
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