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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At one point on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had dipped 1.5%.
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Julie Coleman, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Contracts for the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 46 points, and S&P 500 futures ticked up 0.05%.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025
During Trump's speech, stock futures traded higher, with contracts on the Standard & Poor's 500 index, the Nasdaq 100 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average trading up between 0.4% and 0.5%.
—Suzanne McGee and Lewis Krauskopf, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
Markets responded strongly to the report, the first inflation reading of the year, as the S&P 500 ended up 1.8%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.65% and the Nasdaq surged 2.45%, their best days since November 6.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Julie Coleman, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Contracts for the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 46 points, and S&P 500 futures ticked up 0.05%.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025
During Trump's speech, stock futures traded higher, with contracts on the Standard & Poor's 500 index, the Nasdaq 100 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average trading up between 0.4% and 0.5%.
—Suzanne McGee and Lewis Krauskopf, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
Markets responded strongly to the report, the first inflation reading of the year, as the S&P 500 ended up 1.8%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.65% and the Nasdaq surged 2.45%, their best days since November 6.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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