Noun: Dow Jones average
- 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 average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing";
- Dow Jones Industrial Average, Dow Jones, Dow-Jones Industrial Average, Dow, Dow Jones index
Type of: stock index, stock market index
Encyclopedia: Dow Jones average