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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Just eight stocks in the S & P 500 and one component in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are on the docket to post results.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 8 May 2026
Stock futures suggested a strong open on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the tech-heavy Nasdaq looking set for gains of about 1% each.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 6 May 2026
In 1983, the Dow Jones Industrial Average started the year at 1,046.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Investors sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down by 1,000 points, or 3%.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2026
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 8 May 2026
Stock futures suggested a strong open on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the tech-heavy Nasdaq looking set for gains of about 1% each.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 6 May 2026
In 1983, the Dow Jones Industrial Average started the year at 1,046.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Investors sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down by 1,000 points, or 3%.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2026
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