The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a stock market index that measures the performance of 30 large, publicly-traded companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is often used as a benchmark for the overall performance of the U.S. stock market. The DJIA is a price-weighted index, which means that the value of the index is determined by the sum of the prices of the 30 stocks included in the index, with no regard to the market capitalization of the companies. Futures contracts are agreements to buy or sell an asset, such as a commodity or a financial instrument, at aspecific price on a specific date in the future. Futures contracts can be used to hedge against price fluctuations or to speculate on the price movements of an asset. There are futures contracts based on the DJIA, which allow traders to speculate on the future valueof the index. These contracts are traded on various futures exchanges, such as the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the Chicago ...