Some Definitions about Day-Trading / Part 4
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DOW JONES UTILITIES Index (DJUA)
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Introduction
The Dow Jones Utilities Average (DJUA) is the most widely cited utilities index in the U.S. Started in January 1929, it is also the third oldest of the Dow Jones
Averages.
Composition
The Dow Jones Utilities Average is comprised of fifteen of the largest utilities companies in the United States. This index, like most other Dow Jones Averages, is
price weighted. This means that firms with the highest stock prices will have the greatest impact on the index's value (regardless of the underlying company's actual
size).
The table below lists the components of the Dow Jones Utilities Average along with the weighting that each stock carries in the index (data as of August 2004) :
Dominion Resources -- D
Consolidated Edison -- ED
Public Service Enterprise -- PEG
TXU Corp. -- TXU
FirstEnergy -- FE
Excelon -- EXC
American Electric Power -- AEP
Southern Co. -- SO
PG&E Corp. -- PCG
Edison International -- EIX
Duke Energy -- DUK
NiSource -- NI
Williams Cos. -- WMB
CenterPoint Energy -- CNP
AES Corp. -- AES
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