The Dow Jones Industrial Average is climbing Monday afternoon with shares of IBM and Microsoft leading the way for the blue-chip average. The Dow is trading 230 points, or 0.5%, higher, as shares of ...

Key Takeaways Microsoft and IBM shares both closed at all-time highs Monday.The two tech titans are coming out of a week ...

The iconic Dow Jones is the worst-performing of the three major U.S. indexes this year; it is slightly in the red as of this ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading up Friday morning with shares of Dow and Microsoft delivering strong returns for the price-weighted average. Shares of Dow DOW and Microsoft MSFT are ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up Wednesday morning with shares of Dow and Microsoft delivering strong returns for the blue-chip average. The Dow DJIA was most recently trading 162 points ...

So while Apple may have a slightly heavier weighing in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, it has a mere 3.59% weighing in the Dow, compared to Microsoft's 7.08% weighting. Similarly, stock splits don't ...

Shares of Microsoft rose Friday, lifting the Dow as it reached for modest gains. Microsoft stock was recently up 2.5%, making it the second-best performer on the blue-chip Dow industrials.

Microsoft is up 6% year to date, while the Dow’s current highest holding, UnitedHealth, is down 4.5%. At this rate, Microsoft could become the most important stock in the S&P 500, Nasdaq ...

In fact, the third through ninth largest companies in the U.S. aren't in the Dow. Microsoft has been a member of the Dow Jones since 1999, but its strong performance has only come recently.

In time, Microsoft could surpass Apple as the largest U.S.-based company by market cap, and UnitedHealth in the Dow. The stock has had a major run-up and could cool off in the short term ...