Dow Jones close — Wednesday, 19 August 2026

Dow Jones closed up 0.69%

Dow Jones treemap for Wednesday, 19 August 2026: each company sized by market capitalisation and coloured by its move that day

Dow Jones movers — August 19, 2026

Of the 30 companies tracked in the Dow Jones, 19 rose and 11 fell. Healthcare led the day at +3.56%, while Industrials lagged at -1.92%.

Top gainers · Dow Jones

MRK Merck & Company, Inc. +12.60%
CRM Salesforce, Inc. +5.07%
AMGN Amgen Inc. +4.02%
DIS Walt Disney Company (The) +2.87%
NKE Nike, Inc. +2.47%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. +2.46%
SHW Sherwin-Williams Company (The) +2.41%
AAPL Apple Inc. +2.19%

Top losers · Dow Jones

CAT Caterpillar, Inc. -2.94%
HON Honeywell International Inc. -2.63%
GS Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) -1.81%
JPM JP Morgan Chase & Co. -1.65%
TRV The Travelers Companies, Inc. -1.55%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated -1.35%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -0.99%
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. -0.95%

By sector

Healthcare +3.56%
Materials +2.41%
Consumer Discretionary +1.59%
Technology +0.55%
Communication Services +0.27%
Energy +0.01%
Financials -0.84%
Industrials -1.92%

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