$1.35 on October 27; contributing to a roughly 3,000-point drop in the index. Goldman Sachs and UnitedHealth Group are among the highest-priced stocks in the average and therefore have the greatest influence on it. Alternately, Cisco Systems and Coca-Cola are among the lowest-priced stocks in the average and have the least sway in the price movement. Critics of the DJIA and most securities professionals recommend the market-capitalization weighted S&P 500 Index or the Wilshire 5000, the latter of which includes most publicly listed U.S. stocks, as better indicators of the U.S. stock market. Correlation among components A study between the correlation of components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average compared with the movement of the index finds that the correlation is higher when the stocks are declining. The correlation is lowest in a time when the average is flat or rises a modest amount. See also Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average List of largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average William Peter Hamilton S&P 500 References Further reading External links Dow Jones Industrial Average at NASDAQ Dow Jones Industrial Average at NYSE Euronext 1896 establishments in the United States American stock market indices Dow Jones & Company S&P Dow Jones Indices