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The Dow Jones Utility Average (DJUA, also known as the "Dow Jones Utilities") is a stock index from
, the current components on the Dow Jones Utilities are as follows (company name followed by ticker symbol):
Effective October 1, 2014, American Water Works replaced Williams Companies.
Effective January 18, 2019, Sempra Energy replaced PG&E Corporation.
Effective October 27, 2020, Atmos Energy and Xcel Energy replaced CenterPoint Energy and
Official Website
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S&P Dow Jones Indices
S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC () is a joint venture between S&P Global, the CME Group, and News Corp that was announced in 2011 and later launched in 2012. It produces, maintains, licenses, and markets stock market indices as benchmarks and as th ...
that tracks the performance of 15 prominent utility
As a topic of economics, utility is used to model worth or value. Its usage has evolved significantly over time. The term was introduced initially as a measure of pleasure or happiness as part of the theory of utilitarianism by moral philosoph ...
companies traded in the United States.
Components
, the current components on the Dow Jones Utilities are as follows (company name followed by ticker symbol):
Effective October 1, 2014, American Water Works replaced Williams Companies.
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.
The Dow Jones Utilities is a price-weighted average.
History
The index was created in 1929 when all utility stocks were removed from theDow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity indexe ...
.
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 ().See also
* Dow Jones Composite AverageReferences
External links
Official Website
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