the Dow Jones Index
noun(also Dow Jones average, the Dow)
[singular]a list of the share prices of 30 US industrial companies that can be used to compare the prices to previous levels 道琼斯（平均）指数 CultureThe Dow Jones Index is produced on each day of trade by the New York Stock Exchange. Several different numbers are produced and each represents the total average price of the shares of certain specific companies.The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the best-known figure. It was first published in 1896 and is used to measure the strength of the US stock market by comparing 30 large companies. The numbers are in points, not dollars. compare Financial Times indexTopics Moneyc2