the Dow

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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

On the week, the Dow industrials fell 0.3%, the S&P 500 2.6%, ending a nine-week winning streak, and the Nasdaq Composite 4.7%.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The Nasdaq index fell by more than 4%, the S&P 500 closed 2.6% lower and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.35%.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Then again, the Dow is made up of only 30 stocks, and on Thursday, three of its components were up 5% apiece: UnitedHealth Group, Goldman Sachs and Merck.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 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