Dow Jones

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And the Dow Jones Transportation Average, which tracks 20 of the largest, has climbed for five straight sessions, extending its 2026 gains to 29%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.3%, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.2%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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 Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 86 points, or 0.17%, to close at 50,872.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 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