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Dow Jones Industrial Average
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow, as it is called, is a barometer of how shares of the largest US companies are performing. There are hundreds of investment indexes around the world for stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities.


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Once upon a time on Wall Street when market participants said, "The market closed up," they meant the Dow Jones industrial average had finished higher that day.
Investors in Mexico now will be able to buy or sell mutual funds linked to the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
MARKET INDEXES April 19 April 12 Point Index Close Close Change Dow Jones Industrial 11278.
 
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