Dow Jones Industrial Average

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1. An index of the relative price movement of the shares of thirty major industrial companies, most of which are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Changes in the average (noted as “rises” and “falls”) give investors a general picture of the state of the market. Often referred to as “the Dow.”

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Over the past five sessions, the Nasdaq composite fell 2.1%, while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.6% and 0.4%, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 both lost around 1%, while worries about runaway artificial-intelligence spending by big tech companies dragged the Nasdaq composite down more than 2%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 0.6%, while the S&P 500 rose slightly and the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed just 6 points, or less than 0.1%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 449 points, to its lowest level in four years, and most of the market-moving news was coming not from the private sector but from government officials.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis