the Dow

noun

US
: the daily average of the stock prices of a group of large American companies : the Dow-Jones industrial average

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These gains slowed Wednesday, with the Dow ending the day up just 0.11%, or about 47 points, the S&P 500 closing up 0.2%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq falling roughly 0.26%. Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024 Tuesday was the best percentage gain for the S&P and the Dow since Sept. 19 and the Nasdaq since Oct. 8. Derek Saul, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 Nvidia is being added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday. Brian Evans, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024 Futures on the Dow jumped more than 600 points, while the S&P 500 jumped by a half percentage point as early election results streamed in on Tuesday night. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the Dow 

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