the Dow

noun

US

: the daily average of the stock prices of a group of large American companies : the Dow-Jones industrial average

Examples of the Dow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Week to date, the Dow is lower, on track for its first negative week in three. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask,justina Lee,fred Imbert, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026

Both the Dow and Nasdaq are also heading into Friday on track for solid weekly gains. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Expect turbulence, but also expect the Dow and S&P 500 to challenge and likely establish additional records before year-end. — Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

The move in Caterpillar ​made it the biggest boost to the Dow Industrials, accounting for about 280 to the upside for the average. — Reuters, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026

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