the Dow
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On Friday, the Dow led indexes lower, falling 1.2%, or 653 points, while Nasdaq fell only 0.2%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The rush out of tech has, however, boosted industrial companies overlooked for much of the AI boom, with the Dow rising this week while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 retreated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
S&P 500 futures also fell sharply—down 1%—while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.6%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The S&P 500 fell 1.2% and the Dow was flat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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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