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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At the same time, Wall Street showed its volatility with a bad performance Tuesday on the final day of April as the S&P 500 index dropped 1.57%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.49%, and the Nasdaq lost 2%.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024
But the Dow closed at 38,596.98 points on Thursday after a particularly rough start for April.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq were down 0.4% at 7 a.m. ET.
—Harold Maass, theweek, 12 Jan. 2024
Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged, falling 139 points, or 0.4, to 39,932, while the S&P 500 added 0.01%.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 28 May 2024
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1967: Student Protests Against Napalm
Students at San Jose State College protest against the Dow Chemical Company and its production of napalm.
—Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2016
They were selected from nearly 1,000 applications and through partnerships with Cal State Los Angeles, the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, the NAACP, the Dow Jones News Fund, the American Assn.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
So, the Dow is up eight-fold since crossing 5,000 just over 28 years ago.
—Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
As the day ended, the Dow dropped 605 points, or about 1.5%, to 39,065.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 23 May 2024
Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024
But the Dow closed at 38,596.98 points on Thursday after a particularly rough start for April.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq were down 0.4% at 7 a.m. ET.
—Harold Maass, theweek, 12 Jan. 2024
Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged, falling 139 points, or 0.4, to 39,932, while the S&P 500 added 0.01%.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 28 May 2024
Read more about it in the Foreign Affairs archive.
1967: Student Protests Against Napalm
Students at San Jose State College protest against the Dow Chemical Company and its production of napalm.
—Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2016
They were selected from nearly 1,000 applications and through partnerships with Cal State Los Angeles, the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, the NAACP, the Dow Jones News Fund, the American Assn.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
So, the Dow is up eight-fold since crossing 5,000 just over 28 years ago.
—Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
As the day ended, the Dow dropped 605 points, or about 1.5%, to 39,065.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 23 May 2024
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