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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That was more than the Dow Jones forecast for a 0.2% fall. Sean Conlon,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 21 July 2025 The Russell 2000 added nearly 1.3% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.5%. Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025 In all, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped nearly 4%, while the S&P 500 fell 4.8%. Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 July 2025 Two-thirds of the blue-chip firms in the Dow are achieving below average value creation. Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Dow

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