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dow jones index  

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  • Dow Jones Index, also known as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), or often simply the Dow 30 Industrials, is a price-weighted average of 30 U.S. blue-chip stocks. These are shares of some of the largest and most financially strong and stable companies in the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Dow Jones Index]

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