Apple Will Join the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Apple to Join Dow Jones, Replaces AT&T
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Apple Inc. was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, ending a banishment that kept the world’s largest company out for years before a stock split made its shares palatable to the price-weighted measure.
The changes will push the number of technology-related companies in the 30-member gauge to six and boost their influence even more as Apple joins Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., International Business Machines Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and Visa Inc. AT&T is being kicked out after falling 4.5 percent in 2014. The changes will take effect after the close of trading on March 18.