What is the difference between the DJ Industrial Average and the DJ Composite Index?

February 9, 2009 by admin · 1 Comment
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brodis36 asked:


I know the DJI is the major indicator of the market, but what is the point of the DJA? I can see it has more components on Yahoo Finance but… what is it used for? Other differences?
I know about the other indices. I guess my question is what does the DJ composite index represent?