C20: named after Charles H. Dow (died 1902) and Edward D. Jones (died 1920), American financial statisticians
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The Dow Jones average plunged more than 1,000 points during Monday’s trading session before recovering and finishing with a modest gain.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
The Dow Jones average rose over 1,900 points Friday but was still in bear market territory, down over 20 percent from its all-time last month.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2020
And until we get there, you might want to save yourself the time and aggravation of trying to figure out why the Dow Jones average just fell 600 points while you were having lunch.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2018
On October 19, 1987 -- "Black Monday" -- the Dow Jones average plummeted by 508 points, to 1,738.74.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2011
This is profitability even by modern Wall Street standards: if the Dow Jones average had risen a similar amount since World War II, the index would now stand at over twenty thousand.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
But by the end of the week, volume subsided to a modest 3,380,000 shares, and the Dow-Jones average settled back to 590.19, a gain of about 14 points for the week as a whole.
From Time Magazine Archive
The average price of stocks in the Dow-Jones average is 19 times per-share earnings now v.
From Time Magazine Archive
Actually, the Dow-Jones average of 30 industrial stocks does not completely show the extent of the current rise.
From Time Magazine Archive
The stock market climbed to three new records after the news, wound up the week with the Dow-Jones average standing at a robust 922.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rail shares on the Dow-Jones average have risen more than 50% since last October.
From Time Magazine Archive
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