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[dou, doh] / daʊ, doʊ /


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—In the U.S., futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.2% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.4%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The S&P 500 gained less than 0.1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, or 236 points.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended Friday’s session 0.5% higher, while the S&P 500 gained 0.1% and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Over the past five years, the average post-earnings move for Tesla’s stock has been about 8%, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

This is profitability even by modern Wall Street standards: if the Dow Jones average had risen a similar amount since World War II, the index would now stand at over twenty thousand.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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