UnitedHealth Group's recent stock plunge makes it clearer than ever why we should stop paying so much attention to the Dow.

The Dow dropped 349 points, or 0.91%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq ticked up 0.1%. The S &P 500 closed down 0.23%. Its 8.5% high/low spread has only happened 20 other times since 1962, according to S ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed almost 1,000 points on Monday ... according to Bespoke Investment Group. Earnings are rolling in, along with tariff-dented outlooks for the months ahead.

US stocks climbed Tuesday (April 29), with the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumping 300.03 points, or 0.75%, after Commerce ...

Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.66%, or 1016 points, to 39,186 points, ending a 4-session losing streak. Similarly, S&P 500 Index added 2.51% to 5,287 points. Nasdaq Composite rose 2.71%, to 16, ...

The FTSE 100 index closed up just 1.95 points at 8,496.80. The FTSE 250 advanced 250.38 points, 1.3%, at 20,134.97, and and the AIM All-Share gained 9.26 points, 1.3%, at 699.98.

Let's take a look at the two best-performing Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) companies to see if they're worth buying today. Image source: Getty Images. UnitedHealth Group (NYSE ...

Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.66%, or 1016 points, to 39,186 points, ending a 4-session losing streak. Similarly, S&P 500 Index added 2.51% to 5,287 points. Nasdaq Composite rose 2.71%, to 16, ...

The tech-heavy Nasdaq declined 5.8%. The decline put the Nasdaq into bear market territory, meaning the index has fallen more ...

You should consider the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA), a passively managed ... Looking at individual holdings, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS) accounts for about 8.19% of total assets ...

U.S. futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.3% and futures for the Dow Jones Industrial ... Azelis Group lost 11.5%, and Dassault Systemes dropped 7.4%. The FTSE 100 was flat. Other stocks in Europe ...