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an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange
the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing
How To Use Dow Jones In A Sentence
- Thursday's trading glitch -- in which the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted over 500 points in five minutes -- was not the first time U.S. markets have hiccuped, nor will it be the last. How The Dow's Dramatic Plunge Could Have Been Prevented
- Investors 'paper losses on U.S. stocks now total $8.4 trillion since the market peak one year ago, based on the value of the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 index, which includes almost all U. S.-based companies. Wild Day Caps Worst Week Ever for Stocks
- According to official documents reviewed by Dow Jones Newswires, corn and soymeal imported from India are on a list specifying any shipments are to be subjected to detailed pest risk analysis and a phytosanitary import permits. Vietnam Says Indian Corn No Good, Blames Pest
- While he sees the FTSE and Dow Jones industrial average rising this year, the Nasdaq is set to head crabwise for perhaps eight years.
- It will be sold to a joint venture created by Dow Jones and Westinghouse Broadcasting.
- The reason he had survived so long was he had always studied his own Dow Jones index of fear and dealt in futures. THE ENDLESS GAME
- The performance matched a downbeat start to the week for the Dow Jones in the US and reflected cheaper telecom, media and oil stocks in London.
- The front line of American beleaguerment was to be found at 10,000 on the Dow Jones last week.
- Half of the 30 companies in the blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average are scheduled to release results.
- The action sparked a rally in bond prices and the Dow Jones closed 14.96 up at 2597.13..
