Dow Jones average
any of the indexes published by financial publishing firm Dow Jones and Company, especially any of those showing the average closing prices of the representative common stocks of 30 industrials, 20 transportation companies, or 15 utilities, or a composite of these.
- Also called Dow, Dow Jones .
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How to use Dow Jones average in a sentence
The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared nearly 200 points, closing above 16,000.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is at about 15,727, also near a record high.
Don’t Credit Obama with the Stock Boom, Credit the Fed and the International Economy | Daniel Gross | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the truly massive companies that populate the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the percentage is even higher.
Don’t Credit Obama with the Stock Boom, Credit the Fed and the International Economy | Daniel Gross | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMarkets are on a roll, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average at a record high.
Wall Street CEOs Say It’s The Best of Times and The Worst of Times | Daniel Gross | November 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOn Tuesday, three big changes were made to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Eddie turned off the radio in the parking lot as the closing Dow-Jones' report was starting.
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British Dictionary definitions for Dow-Jones average
/ (ˈdaʊˈdʒəʊnz) /
US a daily index of stock-exchange prices based on the average price of a selected number of securities
Origin of Dow-Jones average
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