"This change will increase consumer retail exposure as well as other business areas in the DJIA," S&P Dow Jones Indices said.

Coca-Cola's stock was climbing 3.8% in recent trading to pace the Dow's percentage gainers, but given it's relatively low price, it's not providing much of a boost to the price-weighted index. The ...

And the Dow is not a tech-based index,” Sosnick said. On top of that, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted index, making it unique to the market-cap-weighted S&P 500 and Nasdaq ...

But what is the Dow Jones? To be exact, the Dow Jones, which is also known as the Dow or the DJIA, is a price-weighted index of 30 blue chip stocks on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE ...

The Nasdaq Composite is an often-cited stock market index — along with the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average — known for its large number of technology-related companies. Here’s what ...

A price-weighted index is more sensitive to price changes, with the highest-priced stocks having a greater impact on the index vs. price changes in the low-priced stocks. Analysts believe that ...