the Dow

Variant of Dow Jones industrial average

Dow Jones industrial average definition

Dow Jones industrial average

a stock market index based upon the current prices of thirty selected industrial stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange
also Dow (Jones) Industrials or the Dow

Etymology: < The Dow Jones Averages, trademark of Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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