The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 44000 for the first time on record Monday. The index added around 304 points, or 0.69%, to 44293.13. The climb from 43000—hit 20 trading days ago—was led by Goldman Sachs,

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed a scant 200 points on Tuesday, marking out territory just north of the 44,000 handle as equities take a brief pause from the post-election rally that sent the Dow Jones into fresh record highs.

The historic addition of artificial intelligence (AI) colossus Nvidia may spell trouble for Wall Street's most iconic index.

The S&P 500 financial index rallied, with banks helping lift the Dow to its highest ever. Read more at straitstimes.com.

United States equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Dow Jones Consumer Goods, Dow Jones Basic Materials and Dow Jones Health Care sectors led shares lower. At the close in NYSE,

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) is making its third major move in the last five years, with Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) replacing Intel and Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW) kicking out commodity chemical company Dow Inc.

Intel will be replaced by Nvidia on the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average index after a 25-year run, underscoring the shift in the chipmaking market and marking another setback for the struggling semiconductor firm.

Chip giant Nvidia will join the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the iconic Wall Street index announced Friday, underscoring the importance of artificial intelligence in the US economy.