WhenIntel(INTC+3.56%)was added to theDow Jones Industrial Average(^DJI+0.19%)in November 1999, it was a sign of the tech industry's rising importance to the U.S. stock market -- Intel and another new addition,Microsoft, were the first two stocks from the tech-heavy Nasdaq exchange to join the DJIA.When Intel was replaced in the Dow byNvidia(NVDA+1.90%)in November 2024, the chipmaker had lost not o