The Dow Jones Utility Average (DJUA, also known as the "Dow Jones Utilities") is a stock index from S&P Dow Jones Indices that tracks the performance of 15 prominent

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companies traded in the United States. The Dow Jones Utilities is a price-weighted average. All components of the DJUA are listed on the

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, with the exception of American Electric Power, Exelon, and Xcel Energy, which are listed on Nasdaq.

Components

, the current components on the Dow Jones Utilities are as follows (company name followed by ticker symbol):

Former components

Effective October 1, 2014, American Water Works replaced

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. Effective January 18, 2019, Sempra Energy replaced PG&E Corporation. Effective October 27, 2020, Atmos Energy and Xcel Energy replaced CenterPoint Energy and

NiSource NiSource Inc. is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across six states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands ...

, respectively. Effective November 8, 2024, Vistra Corp. replaced AES Corporation.

History

The index was created in 1929 when all utility stocks were removed from the

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. On April 20, 1965, the index closed at 163.32. On September 13, 1974, the index closed at 57.93.

Annual returns

The following table shows the price return of the Dow Jones Utility Average, which was calculated back to 1928.

Record values

Investing

There is no fund that tracks this index. There are funds that have very similar behavior, such as Utilities Select Sector SPDR ().

References

External links

Official Website
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