Dow Jones' Average

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The job then: “One of the jobs I had was to post what the Dow Jones average was doing on a pegboard, every hour,” says Heilbronn, who is based in New York, and is now among the longest-serving employees at Bank of America, parent company of Merrill.

From The Wall Street Journal

By the time the Great Recession ended in mid-2009, unemployment had doubled to 10% and the Dow Jones Average had fallen by 50%.

From Salon

The Dow Jones average plunged more than 1,000 points during Monday’s trading session before recovering and finishing with a modest gain.

From Seattle Times

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones average jumped 1.35% to a record high, outperforming 1.0% gains in tech-heavy Nasdaq, as investors rotated into cyclical shares out of flying-tech firms.

From Reuters

The Dow Jones Average rose about 150 points as markets opened, or about .5%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were both up .5%.

From Washington Times