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   Dow Jones

   /ˌdaʊ ˈdʒəʊnz/

   • 1. an index of figures indicating the relative price of shares on the New York Stock Exchange, based on the average price of selected stocks.

   Word Origin from the name of Dow Jones & Co, Inc., a financial news agency founded by Charles H. Dow (1851–1902) and Edward D. Jones (c. 1855–1920), American economists whose company compiled the first average of US stock prices in 1884.

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