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Dow Jones

DEFINITIONS OF: Dow Jones

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n an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange

“the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing”
Synonyms:
Dow-Jones Industrial Average
Example of:
stock index, stock market index
index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks
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