Dow Jones Drops General Electric

New york afp slumping us industrial giant general electric will be booted from the prestigious dow jones stock index next week s p dow.

Dow jones drops general electric.

When the dow jones industrial average was created more than 120 years ago it included 12 companies. 266 general electric co. Specialist john mcnierney works at the post that handles general electric on the floor of the new york stock exchange in january. The change announced tuesday.

In 2018 boston based general electric co. General electric which is finally being dropped from the now 30 company stock index in favor of the parent company of the walgreens chain of pharmacies. Dow jones industrial average an index which tracks 30 large companies drops general electric and replaces it with walgreens. General electric which is finally being dropped from the now 30 company stock index in favor of the parent company of the walgreens chain of pharmacies.

Yesterday news came out that the dow jones industrial average djia is dropping general electric ge from its index of only 30 arbitrary equity components it tracks. In monday s announcement djia also dropped. General electric dropped from dow jones stock index. The company was replaced by walgreens boots alliance.

General electric was once the world s most valuable company and since 1907 it had been contiguously a part of the often quoted yet small stock market gauge often simply referred to as the dow. The dow has announced one off changes over the past few years such as apple s replacement of at t in 2015 and walgreens boots alliance s replacement of general electric in 2018. The change announced tuesday. The struggling company is being dropped from the dow jones industrial average.

Dow djia drops general electric ge posted. S p dow jones indices announced on tuesday that the iconic maker of light bulbs and.