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 tech-heavy Nasdaq has followed close behind with 9% growth over that period, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average has jumped more than 5%.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2024
Key Facts On the final trading session of March and the first quarter, the returns for major stock indexes are impressive, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 5% this quarter or 2,000 points and the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq up 11% apiece.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Since bottoming at a level just below 6,500 on March 6, 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial Average now stands around 39,400 — a roughly sixfold increase.
—The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
Shares of Boeing, a component of the Dow Jones industrial average, were down about 2% in premarket trading on the guidance.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
That sent the Dow tumbling more than 300 points at its lowest point on Thursday, before paring losses.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
Violent crime has dropped to nearly a fifty-year low, unemployment is below four per cent, and in January the S. & P. 500 and the Dow hit record highs.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
More than 90% of the gains in the Dow Jones Industrial Average between 1897 and 2004 took place on days when Congress was out of session, according to a study by economists at the University of Cincinnati and University of Missouri.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
All three major stock indexes for example, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, have hit record highs recently.
—David Gura, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2024
Key Facts On the final trading session of March and the first quarter, the returns for major stock indexes are impressive, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 5% this quarter or 2,000 points and the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq up 11% apiece.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Since bottoming at a level just below 6,500 on March 6, 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial Average now stands around 39,400 — a roughly sixfold increase.
—The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
Shares of Boeing, a component of the Dow Jones industrial average, were down about 2% in premarket trading on the guidance.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
That sent the Dow tumbling more than 300 points at its lowest point on Thursday, before paring losses.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
Violent crime has dropped to nearly a fifty-year low, unemployment is below four per cent, and in January the S. & P. 500 and the Dow hit record highs.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
More than 90% of the gains in the Dow Jones Industrial Average between 1897 and 2004 took place on days when Congress was out of session, according to a study by economists at the University of Cincinnati and University of Missouri.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
All three major stock indexes for example, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, have hit record highs recently.
—David Gura, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
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