dow-jones industrial average(n = noun.communication) dow jones - an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange; "the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing"
is a kind of stock index, stock market index

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