Dow Jones

/daʊ dʒoʊnz/
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Definitions of Dow Jones
  1. noun
    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
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    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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