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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By the end of the day, the Dow was down more than 20% from its peak in February – and had entered bear market territory. Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 11 Mar. 2025 Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 37 points, or 0.09%. Lisa Kailai Han,brian Evans, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025 In late-morning trading, the Dow was down about 400 points and the S&P 500 index was off 0.43%. Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025 On Friday, the Commerce Department reported that personal spending fell 0.2% in January, missing the Dow Jones estimate for a 0.1% increase. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Dow

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