Dow Jones Utility Average
The Dow Jones Utility Average (also known as the "Dow Jones Utilities") is a stock index from Dow Jones Indexes that keeps track of the performance of 15 prominent utility companies.[1]
Components
The current components on the Dow Jones Utilities are as follows (company name followed by ticker symbol):
- AES Corp., The (AES) (electric utilities)
- American Electric Power Co., Inc. (AEP) (electric utilities)
- American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK) (Water Utilities)
- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) (diversified utilities)
- Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED) (electric utilities)
- Dominion Resources, Inc. (D) (electric utilities)
- Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) (electric utilities)
- Edison International (EIX) (electric utilities)
- Exelon Corp. (EXC) (diversified utilities)
- FirstEnergy Corp. (FE) (electric utilities)
- NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) (electric utilities)
- NiSource, Inc. (NI) (diversified utilities)
- PG&E Corp. (PCG) (electric utilities)
- Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (PEG) (diversified utilities)
- Southern Company, Inc. (SO) (electric utilities)
(as of Sept 30, 2014)
Effective October 1, 2014, American Water was added.[2]
The Dow Jones Utilities is a price-weighted average.
History
Was created in 1929 when all utility stocks were removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average
On April 20, 1965, the index closed at 163.32. On September 13, 1974, the index closed at 57.93.
Records
| Category | All-Time Highs | |
|---|---|---|
| Closing | 723.51 | Wednesday, July 6, 2016 |
| Intraday | 723.83 | Wednesday, July 6, 2016 |
Investing
There is no fund that tracks this index. There are funds that have very similar behavior, such as Utilities Select Sector SPDR (NYSE Arca: XLU).
See also
References
External links
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- Business data for Dow Jones Utility Average:
- Yahoo! Finance
- Bloomberg
- Dow Jones Utility Average information