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DJIA 30 Component Stocks Price History
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Analysing the long-term performance of the 30 major companies comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average provides a detailed perspective on the evolution of the US stock market. This resource captures the daily price movements—including open, high, low, and close values—alongside trading volumes for the current index components. By tracking these metrics from the early 1960s through to the present day, it offers a sturdy foundation for understanding market volatility and the historical growth of some of the world's most influential corporations. The data is synchronised daily via the Yahoo Finance API, ensuring that researchers have access to the most recent trading activities of these blue-chip entities.
Columns
- Date: The calendar date of the trading session, recorded in a datetime format.
- Open: The price at which a stock first trades upon the opening of an exchange.
- High: The maximum price reached by the stock during the individual trading day.
- Low: The minimum price reached by the stock during the individual trading day.
- Close: The final price at which a stock trades during the standard trading session.
- Adjusted Close: The closing price amended to reflect any corporate actions, such as stock splits or dividend distributions.
- Volume: The total number of shares traded during the specific session.
- Ticker: The unique alphabetic symbol identifying the specific company within the index, such as JNJ for Johnson & Johnson or PG for Procter & Gamble.
Distribution
The information is delivered as a structured CSV file named
dow_jones_data.csv, occupying approximately 91.09 MB of storage. It contains over 369,000 records, with a high degree of validity for date and ticker identifiers. While the dataset reaches back to 1962, availability for specific pricing metrics like High, Low, and Close varies, with approximately 3% of the total records containing these specific values due to the varying listing dates and historical availability of the 28 unique tickers tracked. The file carries a maximum usability score of 10.00.Usage
This resource is ideal for backtesting algorithmic trading strategies and performing technical analysis on blue-chip stocks. It is well-suited for economists looking to study long-term market trends and for data scientists wishing to refine time-series forecasting models. Additionally, the data can be used to compare the relative performance of different sectors within the Dow Jones index over several decades or to study the impact of adjusted closing prices on long-term investment returns.
Coverage
The geographic focus is the United States, specifically the 30 companies currently listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Temporally, the records span from January 1962, with daily updates extending the archive through to the current year. It is important to note that while the date range is extensive, detailed pricing data for many stocks becomes consistently available from 1980 onwards, depending on their listing history and inclusion in the index.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
Financial analysts can leverage the historical prices to calculate risk and return profiles for index-based portfolios. Academic researchers may utilise the records to investigate the impact of major economic events on industrial stock performance over a sixty-year period. Furthermore, retail investors and students can employ the data to practice data cleaning and exploratory visualisation on a high-integrity financial archive.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Dow Jones Industrial Average: Historical OHLCV Data
- DJIA 30 Component Stocks Price History
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- Historical Dow Jones Index Components (1962–Present)
- Yahoo Finance DJIA 30 Daily Stock Archive
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Original Data Source: DJIA 30 Component Stocks Price History
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