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Dow

[dou, doh] / daʊ, doʊ /


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The S&P 500 added 0.3%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2%, or 81 points.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal had expected a $56.1 billion figure.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The CME has licenses with S&P Dow Jones Global Indices to offer derivatives products tied to the S&P 500, Budish noted, potentially giving some protection.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 81 points—about 0.2%—to close at 50,786.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The stock market had rebounded earlier in the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing an all-time record of 15.34 percent in one day on March 15 to close at 62.10.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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