the Dow
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—In the U.S., futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.3%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Yesterday’s loss leader, the Dow industrials, notched a gain of 0.7%, or 385 points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
—In the U.S., futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.1% higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The S&P 500 was off 1.6% on the week, while the Dow fell 0.9% and the Nasdaq Composite slid 2.9%, according to FactSet data.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 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
