Definition of "DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average)"

Average of the prices of 30 well-known, predominantly blue-chip, industrial stocks. The following 30 stocks make up the DJIA as of February 1995: Allied Signal; Alcoa; American Express; A T & T; Bethlehem Steel; Boeing; Caterpillar; Chevron; Coca Cola; Disney; Dupont; Exxon; General Electric; General Motors; Goodyear; IBM; International Paper; Kodak; McDonalds; Merck; 3M; JP Morgan; Philip Morris; Proctor Gamble; Sears; Texaco; Union Carbide; United Tech; Westinghouse and Woolworth.