The Dow Jones Industrial Average is outpacing the other indexes on Tuesday, potentially on its way to a new record. The Dow was trading at 45,176.19, up about 0.6% on Tuesday. Part of this bump was due to the jump in shares from Home Depot.

The Nasdaq Composite extended its slide on Tuesday–and even the Dow Jones Industrial Average was struggling after hitting an intraday record this morning. The tech-heavy index was down 1.5%, while the Dow was down 90 points,

Stocks’ summer rally lost some steam, with declines in a handful of big tech names weighing on major indexes while shares of smaller companies gained.

Value-hunters with big stakes in a particular component kept one of the main U.S. equity indexes in positive territory.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time intraday high on Friday, making it the last of the three major U.S. indexes to clinch a record in Wall Street's rally fueled by the prospect of a looser monetary policy,

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Dow Jones Industrial Average vs. S&P 500 The Dow and the S&P 500 are probably the two most well-known stock market indexes, but there are a couple of key differences between the two.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, also known as the “Dow,” shook up its constituents earlier this week. Cloud computing and software provider Salesforce.com CRM replaced oil giant Exxon Mobil XOM.

Dow Jones e-commerce giant Amazon and Spotify stock are in or near buy zones in the ongoing stock market rally.

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) sitting around 40,000, it may seem like a big stretch to expect it to reach 1 million at any point. But it isn't as far-fetched as it seems.