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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is headed for its first all-time high of 2026—and is on pace to close above 49000 for the first-time on record. The index was up more than 1.5% in midday trading, than
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to a fresh intraday high in late morning trade on Monday, with shares of oil producer Chevron Corp. posting the biggest gains in the stock market index. The Dow rose to session high of 49,
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit record all-time highs in 2025 with many of the components ending the year higher. Along with serving as a well-known barometer of overall market health, the index offers some of the top yielding blue-chip stocks.
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U.S. stocks finished higher on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ending at a fresh record, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite also logged strong gains to kick off the first full trading week of the new year.
Despite a more than 14% year-to-date gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average as of market close on Dec. 26, there are five Dow stocks that are down 10% or more in 2025: Home Depot ( HD 0.65%), Procter & Gamble ( PG 0.51%), Nike ( NKE +4.12%), Salesforce ( CRM 0.38%), and UnitedHealth Group ( UNH 0.62%).
High-yielding Dow stocks outperformed the broader market this year. Will new Dow dogs Home Depot, Nike, and UnitedHealth keep the streak going?
The Dow Jones gained nearly 600 points to end at a record high on Monday. At one point, the index was up over 700 points and also crossed the mark of 49,000 in intraday trading. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also closed with gains of 0.
Wall Street had made a stellar comeback in 2025 from April's lows when Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs sparked a meltdown in global markets, sent investors away from U.S. stocks and threatened growth by clouding the interest rate outlook.
The S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq are all within touching distance of record highs, having surged through 2025, with U.S. president Donald Trump predicing a 2026 “boom.” However, as traders brace for the "biggest merger in history, the $3 trillion bitcoin and crypto market could be flashing a warning sign to stocks.
Monday’s gains put the Dow in the lead among major U.S. equity benchmarks, with the index advancing 1.5% on the session. Among individual components, several key names contributed notably to the rally including shares of Chevron ( CVX) which have gained more than 5%.
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