Today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average consists of the 30 most important market-leading companies on the American stock exchange and reflects their growth | The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most well-known share index in the USA |
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The Dow Jones was developed by Charles Henry Dow and originally contained just 12 American companies | The Dow Jones Industrial Average is traded on Wall Street each trading day between 3:30 pm and 10:00 pm CET |
Instead, an independent Wall Street Journal commission decides whether a share is to be included or excluded | |
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