Dow Jones

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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

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was lower, but barely, with a 0.2% loss.

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

S&P Dow Jones Indices, which oversees the S&P 500, has a host of criteria External link including market value, domicile, profitability and corporate structure.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

When a company puts out its earnings, one of the first things it does is hand it to the wires—Reuters, Dow Jones, and Bloomberg—for distribution.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman