Dow Jones Indexes has announced a component change in the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
USF Corp, which has agreed to be acquired by Yellow Roadway Corp was deleted from the Dow Jones Transportation Average at the close of business Monday, May 23, 2005. Further, Landstar System, Inc will be added to the Dow Jones Transportation Average with the start of trading on Tuesday, May 24, 2005.
The Dow Jones Transportation Average index tracks 20 U.S. transportation stocks. Other members of the Dow Jones Averages family are the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Dow Jones Utilities Average and the Dow Jones Composite Average.