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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Each of the three market indexes fell Friday, with losses across the Dow Jones Industrial Average (down 0.6%), the S&P 500 (0.7%) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq (0.9%).
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Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Shares have stumbled all year, losing more than 39%, compared with a 0.6% decrease for the Dow.
—Sriparna Roy, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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
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Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Shares have stumbled all year, losing more than 39%, compared with a 0.6% decrease for the Dow.
—Sriparna Roy, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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
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