The Dow Jones Utility Average (DJUA, also known as the "Dow Jones Utilities") is a

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from

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that tracks the performance of 15 prominent

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companies traded in the United States.

Components

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

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): Effective October 1, 2014, American Water Works replaced

Williams Companies The Williams Companies, Inc., is an American energy company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Its core business is natural gas processing and transportation, with additional petroleum and electricity generation assets. A Fortune 500 company, its commo ...

. Effective January 18, 2019, Sempra Energy replaced

PG&E Corporation The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is an American investor-owned utility (IOU). The company is headquartered in the Pacific Gas & Electric Building, in San Francisco, California. PG&E provides natural gas and electricity to 5.2 millio ...

. Effective October 27, 2020, Atmos Energy and Xcel Energy replaced

CenterPoint Energy CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is an American Fortune 500 electric and natural gas utility serving several markets in the American states of Indiana, Ohio, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Texas. It was formerly known as Reliant Energy (from wh ...

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 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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