The S&P 500 is outperforming the Dow industrials by roughly 8 percentage points in 2020—the widest gap since 1932
Even before Apple Inc. unveiled plans for a stock split, the Dow Jones Industrial Average struggled this year to keep up with its broader counterpart, the S&P 500 index.on Monday—when Apple starts trading on a split-adjusted basis—likely won’t help matters.
That is because the revamped Dow industrials put less emphasis on technology stocks, the engine behind the stock market’s rebound from the. Starting Monday, tech will constitute less than a quarter of the Dow’s weight versus nearly 28% for the S&P 500. The broader index includes Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc. and Google parent Alphabet Inc. —none of which are in the Dow.the coronavirus crisis
. People are working from home, streaming movies and using social media to connect with friends and family, hastening the adoption of tech in their everyday lives.
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