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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The Nasdaq Composite, meanwhile, rose 0.27%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 284.97 points, or 0.70%, thanks to a nearly 11% jump in Disney shares. Michele Luhn, CNBC, 8 May 2025 All three primary barometers of the U.S. stock market surged to multi week highs, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its highest level since April 2, the S&P 500 notched its top price since March 27 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq touched its highest level since March 26. Derek Saul, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 Disney shares were at $111 in late March before U.S. equities markets began a roller-coaster ride of 1,000-point plus swings up and down for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 7 May 2025 So while the Dow Jones fell faster than Shedeur Sanders’s draft stock, the prominent Democrat’s response was . . . Christian Schneider, National Review, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Dow

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