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The commotion in Europe was one factor tugging down stocks in the U. S. , where the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1. 6%.

However, former Dow Jones executives say it was also motivated by a desire to get out of business with Mr Murdoch.

He said he was very fortunate yesterday because the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose and today it fell, so it had nothing to do with him.

The company behind The Wall StreetJournal and Dow Jones Newswires made its name by publishing the kind of newsthat moves the stock market.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average's 46% surge was one of just six of that magnitude in the last 100 years.

Buffett's goal was to top the Dow Jones Industrial Average by an average of 10% a year.

Regarding Mr. Leung, he said, 'I know Michael, and he is a friend, but I certainly did not talk to him about Dow Jones.

A Standard and Poor's analyst trotted it out on a day that the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0. 4 per cent.

Dow Jones has stripped off the gloss he enjoyed from MySpace and made him look like an old guy with print in his veins.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), commonly just referred to as "The Dow" , is an average of the price of 30 stocks.

And yet, as the slide in the Dow Jones and the rise in US Treasury bond prices implied, there could be real-world consequences.

The memo, sent by Dow Jones Chief Executive Les Hinton and obtained by Reuters, said the one-year freeze is part of efforts to save money.

IBM has been a strong market leader this year, rising more than 25% versus a 2% rise for the Dow Jones Industrials.

These setbacks have been deeply painful for a 130-year-old company that has been a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1896.

Even Goldessential told Dow Jones Newswires: 'We don't attach much importance to it, ' adding that it was discounting the news as a rumor.

The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index has seesawed since it plunged from its June 2008 peak, and is trending downward at the moment.

At least 10 of the 30 companies listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Average have had units with addresses in the Caymans .

Stocks have been volatile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down about 1% this week and is at its lowest level in a month.

The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index last week dropped to its lowest level since July, before recouping some of its losses.

One of the tycoon's most senior deputies Les Hinton has already quit as CEO of Dow Jones, which published the Wall Street Journal.

The median forecast in a Dow Jones Newswires poll of economists was for industrial production to rise 18. 6% from a year earlier in April.

But that was an illusion created by the addition of Dow Jones, which the News Corporation owned for only 18 days of the year-ago period.

Dow Jones: What's the general outlook for the telecom equipment market for the remainder of this year?

In March, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest levels in 12 years, there was just one IPO filing, according to Dealogic.

Raymond James' Jeffrey Saut, another Dow Theory watcher, maintains that the key level for the Dow Jones Transports is not the June high.

Some of the more notable market bottoms, in terms of the closing values of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) include.

Cox , a former Dow Jones executive , opposed the offer for months but recently began to waver, other family members said .

Chinese exports fell 2. 8 per cent in December, at least one percentage point less than expected, Dow Jones reported on Saturday.

Then, just to see what would happen, Mao compared the national mood to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

But Dow Jones also said it has licensed the index to at least one investment firm.

This week Dow Jones announced that this, too, will be shut: the Far Eastern Economic Review will be no more.

Mr Murdoch, 76, said he expected savings could be made from integrating News Corp and Dow Jones operations "well in excess of $50m" .

Copyright (c) 2010 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. The conference averted a collapse of the diplomatic groundwork laid out in the Kyoto agreement.

The markets went into a spin and the Dow Jones index dropped 70 points within several minutes.

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Banks that need to boost a form of regulatory capital are getting some help from a recent change in accounting rules.

It is one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones industrial Average and is also a component of the Standard & Poor "s 500 Index. "

'Nobody quite knows what asset values should be until the economy re-sets, ' Ballmer is quoted as saying in a Dow Jones Newswires article.

from the two sixty level to now the four seventy level on the DOW-Jones Industrial Average in a matter, and literally, in a split second.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average also put in a strong gain, although it still is down almost 4% on the year.

Now, however, he is wondering who will replace GM in the top 30 countdown of famous companies known as the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

The closure comes as Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which bought Dow Jones in 2007, steps up the restructuring of its businesses in the region.

Mr. Zannino, through an intermediary, encouraged Mr. Murdoch to put his offer in writing and present it to the Dow Jones board.

Mr. Hinton is chief executive of Dow Jones & Co. , the News Corp. unit that publishes The Wall Street Journal.

Investors remained skittish in the United States, although the Dow Jones managed to finish the day up slightly.

Dow Jones Newswires said the Chinese government gave its blessings for the deal.

The Dow Jones Utility Average has gyrated, along with the rest of the market, but its moves have been smaller.

"The Simpsons" is broadcast by News Corp. 's Fox television network. News Corp. owns The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires.

The original Dow Jones Industrial Average had just 12 stocks and was weighted by the share prices of the component companies.

GE would then have combined Dow Jones with its NBC Universal unit, in part to stave off competition from News Corp.

The only part he was likely to sell was its US regional newspapers, which Dow Jones acquired from the Ottaway family.

American Express Co. , Caterpillar Inc. and Walt Disney Co. lost at least 0. 7 percent to lead declines in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

"We could have kind of a Dow Jones index of the environment, " Fisher said.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average last week ended, at least temporarily, a seven-day, 14% rebound from a 12-year low.

The Nikkei 225 index is the benchmark index for equity prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Like the Dow Jones . . .

In addition to this and other newswires, Dow Jones publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions.

But hardly something one wants to hear when the Dow Jones Industrial Average is already north of 10000.

Up to now, dow Jones index has risen continuously 5 weeks, this can say is the setting that will 10 years see inaccessibly .

Murdoch fulfilled a long-held ambition to own The Wall Street Journal after making a stunning, cunning, $5 billion offer for Dow Jones &Co.

This week, Sprint Nextel appointed Dan Hesse, a "54-year-old telecom veteran" , as Dow Jones put it, to be its new chief executive.

And, US news agency Dow Jones last week ran a story considering the practicality of calls for a ban on Chinese food imports.

A transcript of the documents, assembled by congressional investigators and reviewed by Dow Jones Newswires, indicates Mr.

But the Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a mere 22-point gain on the day of the announcement.

He is also a former director of Dow Jones & Co. , the publisher of this newswire and The Wall Street Journal, now owned by News Corp.

The Dow Jones industrial average finished up 196 points from its opening, although it was down from higher gains earlier in the day.

The Dow Jones is down by almost 40 per cent so far this year but this makes it pretty much the best performing stock market in the world.

Bombardier is listed as an index component to the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America indexes.

In the U. S. , the trade tensions initially sent stocks lower, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 70 points at the open.

Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was trading in a tight range, moving between single-digit gains and losses.

From February through May, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained more than 1000 points in an almost uninterrupted daily march upward.

One point on which most observers agree is that the issue is no esoteric nicety but is instead core to the future value of Dow Jones .

Peter Kann, who founded the Asian Wall Street Journal before becoming chief executive of Dow Jones, has lobbied against the Murdoch bid.

Which isn't to say the Dow Jones Industrial Average is, or should be, the most important economic indicator for the Obama team.

Murdoch said that News Corp also plans to keep control of Dow Jones Indexes, after reports that it was considering selling it.

Which one of the following statements is NOT true of Mr Murdoch's offer for Dow Jones?

Dow Jones : Any update on your plans to expand in the U. S. and Japan?

NYSE shares closed at $26. 38 on Friday and are down 12% in a year when the Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen about 6%.

Fukushima Prefecture (Dow Jones)--Friday's giant earthquake and tsunami have caused hardship for many Japanese in the past few days.

People close to the family and the Dow Jones board gave differing accounts Friday of the stance of the Denver trusts.

Initially, the Bancroft family, which held controlling interest in Dow Jones, declined, saying it opposed Murdoch's management methods.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than five percent because of renewed concerns over a deep recession in the United States.

The site is owned by Dow Jones, a News Corp. unit that publishes the Wall Street Journal and this newswire.

Even though the Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat for the month of October, it's still up 48% from its March low and 11% for the year.

News Corp is cutting jobs at the Wall Street Journal, but adding them at Dow Jones news wires.

GM's bankruptcy caused it to be removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a weighted average of 30 stocks.

Yet, the Dow Jones U. S. Integrated Oil and Gas Total Stock Market index is up less than 21% for the same period.

The SEC said in its complaint against the Wongs that $3. 1m used to purchase the Dow Jones shares was wired from Mr Leung's bank account.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose almost 120 points in early morning trading. Broader indexes were up more than 1 percent as well.

Cisco Systems Inc. rose 2. 3 percent to post the largest gain among the 30 companies that make up the Dow Jones industrial average.

'We will work with Qantas to identify what the problem is, ' a spokesman for the U. K. -based engine maker told Dow Jones Newswires.

The U. S. stock market rallied, with the Dow Jones U. S. home construction index, jumping nearly 9 percent.

Yet the Nikkei 225, the Japanese equivalent of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, has sat out the ETF boom, thanks to licensing disputes.

The market's latest slump took the Dow Jones Industrial Average this week to its lowest level since 1997.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose for a fifth day, adding 108 points in morning trading. Broader indexes also climbed.

U. S. shares shot higher on the news, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining more than 200 points to cross back over the 10000 level.

Rupert Murdoch is expected to invest heavily in Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal.

The Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 170 points on Friday, reminding investors of the big turmoil in the market last week.

Mergers and private equity are booming, as are stockmarkets (the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit another record high on Tuesday).

Dow Jones trades blue chip indexes, while NASDAQ concerns itself with technology development potentials.

The next day the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below 10, 000 for the first time since February.

The Dow Jones Global Exchange index has gained 600 per cent since its inception at the beginning of 2000.

Should Dow Jones's journalism fall below the standards readers expect , he added, " they would make their own judgment" .

Some of May's losses were recouped in June, helping the Dow Jones-UBS index finish the quarter with a drop of 4. 9%.

The announcement said family members with about thirty-seven percent of Dow Jones' voting stock have agreed to support the deal.

Stocks already have come far, with the Dow Jones industrials on Tuesday hitting fresh 2009 highs.

So far, as a Henan meteorological official told Dow Jones Newswires Friday, the government hasn't unrolled the rocket launchers yet.

Dow Jones: Huawei has been expanding overseas, looking at growth opportunities.

U. S. stock futures were pointing to a retreat on Tuesday, with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures down 29 points.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500-stock index each rose more than 20%, the traditional definition of a bull market.

Their fear that Dow Jones' stock price will drop if they turn down his bid is exaggerated by their advisers to scare them into selling.

The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 5. 8% last week, its worst weekly decline since the depths of the recession in March 2009.

Common stocks, like Dow Jones industrials, were unglamorous but usually dependable.

The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled nearly 113 points, its fifth decline in the last six sessions.

Mr Woodford described the move as "an encouraging development" , according to Dow Jones Newswires.

The U. S. automaker postponed the sale last week because of the new law, Dow Jones Newswires reported last week.

Days later, the Dow Jones Industrial Average embarked on a 13-month bull run that sent it up more than 80%.

Mr Leung is a long-time business associate of Sir David Li, a leading banker in the territory and a Dow Jones director.

Large corporations are reporting healthy profits, and the Dow Jones industrial average reached a two-year high this week.

But within a month, Dow Jones' executives had put in motion a plan to sell off their interest in the Post.

News Corp. owns The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires.

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 24% from its March low, both bulls and bears are feeling they will soon be vindicated.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average Index follows the share prices of thirty leading industrial companies in the US.

That afternoon on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 2 per cent in a matter of seconds.

The Dow Jones Industrial Index finished Monday down 5. 6%, its worst decline since the financial crisis.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average took 24 years to regain its pre-crash highs following the Great Depression.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, down 2. 1%, fell into negative territory for the year during early afternoon trading in New York.

It is published by the Dow Jones Company, an influential publisher of international financial news.

The stock markets have rallied significantly since the Dow Jones Industrial average hit an 11-year low on February 25.

U. S. futures were pointing to a flat start on Wall Street with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures up 3 points.

On Thursday, concerns about global-debt problems hammered financial markets, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 500 points.

Since mid-April, prices for lead plunged as much as 26%, compared with an 11% decline in the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index.

My Space. Shareholders in News Corporation and Dow Jones are expected to vote on the deal later this year.

U. S. stock futures were pointing to a higher open, with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures up 38 points.

In 2009 the Group was confirmed as a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the seventh time in succession.

Maybe that's a hard sell, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting its seventh straight week of red ink.

But while Roddick's results at the Slams resemble the Dow Jones, he's been remarkably steady overall.

The young Dow Jones industrial average lost half of its value.

The statement said, news groups and the Dow Jones board of directors have approved the acquisition agreement.

There is no need to sell Dow Jones, which was not for sale before Rupert Murdoch made what he described himself as "an insanely high" offer.

The firm's shares have performed badly, falling twice as fast as the Dow Jones Stoxx Media index over the past 12 months.

That's the equivalent of about 3% of the Dow Jones shares traded during the period when the couple were buying.

These dollars are simply not entering the international financial system although they are goosing the Dow Jones Index.

All 13 economists in a Dow Jones Newswires poll had forecast no change in the benchmark rates.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 3. 2% Friday to its lowest level since early February.

Of all the major indexes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is furthest from entering a correction.

As the Dow Jones industrial average DJI $ is very bad. Estimated to be reduced to around 7200.

The Dow Jones Industrial average fell699 points this week, the most since the height of the financial crisis inOctober 2008.

This compares with a 29% loss in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, year to date.

The Bancrofts control 64 per cent of Dow Jones's voting shares, held through a complex series of privately held trusts.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2. 2% Friday, led by an 8% decline by Bank of America.

Dow Jones agreed to be bought by News Corporation.

Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires expect the unemployment rate to edge up to 9. 6% in June from 9. 4% in May.

If you want a second opinion, don't look at the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Across the two days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 23%.

The latest profit was better than the average forecast of 33. 70 billion yuan of four analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires.

As Geithner delivered his first major address this past Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average began a drop of almost 5%.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose less than 1 point in morning trading.

News Corp. owns Dow Jones & Co. and The Wall Street Journal.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has now halved from its peak.

Mr. Hinton, a long-time News Corp. employee who previously ran News International, resigned Friday as CEO of the Dow Jones & Co. division.

Even February 27th's 400-point fall in the Dow Jones Industrial Average came low down the historical league table of percentage daily falls.

And, as my Dow Jones colleagues Yoshio Takahashi and Hiroyuki Kachi wrote, the quake has hit a broad range of Japan's key industries.

AT& T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. dropped more than 2 percent to lead declines in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 382 points on the day Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner introduced the plan, nearly 5%.

One such service is offered by Dow Jones & Co. , publisher of the Journal.

The disappointing data on consumer spending prompted stocks to fall, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 2. 2% for the day.

'Our major market has disappeared overnight, ' he told Dow Jones Newswires from St. Helens, near Tasmania's northeast tip.

One such service is offered by Dow Jones & Co. , publisher of the Journal.

The broader market, as measured by the Dow Jones Industrials Average, was less severely impacted, but still ended the week 0. 5% lower.

It scans every Dow Jones story in real time, looking for textual clues that might indicate how investors should feel about astock.

It's mostly based on AngelList data (or not, see update below), plus venture fund-raising statistics from Dow Jones.

For the month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 7. 9% and is negative for the year.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 27 points in early morning trading. Broader indexes were also moderately lower.

An interesting question cropped up today: Why isn't Apple in the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

In New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 300 points, or three percent, early in the day.

The question seems especially relevant after Thursday's stock selloff drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average down further to 6594. 44.

The Dow Jones Global Exchanges index is still 46 per cent below its peak.

By 1946, the Dow Jones was back down to levels well below the lows seen at the tail end of 1929, after the initial crash.

That transfer funded 'dollar for dollar' the Dow Jones stock purchases, the SEC said.

Asian shares were mixed, while U. S. stock futures were mildly higher with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures up 30 points.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 14 points in early morning trading. Broader indexes also posted modest gains.

Commodities, as measured by the Dow Jones-AIG index, were also down about 6 per cent after their recent rally.

Nevertheless, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 800 back then.

The Bancroft family, which controls 64 per cent of Dow Jones class B voting shares, gathered yesterday to discuss the offer.

So far this week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has tumbled 661 points, or 7 percent.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was officially launched in 1896 and contained industrial stocks only.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 3 points in early morning trading. Broader indexes were are little changed.

How to tackle that commoditisation is what will confront Mr Murdoch at Dow Jones and its business daily.

Thursday's nearly 1, 000-point fall in the Dow Jones Industrial Average sparked a $1 trillion decline in stock values around the world.

After a turbulent week that sent the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 340 points, investors found little solace in the latest news.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 36 points in early morning trading. Broader indexes also rose modestly.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 22 points in early morning trading. Broader indexes also fell modestly.

The volume is across the board. I mean, we are 500 points on the Dow- Jones industrial average.

A disappointed Wall Street sold off stocks, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 382 points.

The announcement said family members with about 37 percents of Dow Jones'voting stock have agreed to support the deal.

Twelve members of the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average are scheduled to post earnings this week.

World's major stock markets are booming, and Dow Jones index hit another high last week.

The heartbeat of America's stock markets is the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The announcement said family members with about 37 percent of Dow Jones voting stock have agreed to support the deal.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 20 points in early morning trading. Broader indexes also edged lower.

U. S. stock futures were pointing to mild gains on Wall Street, with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures up 25 points.

Never far from bearish minds is the 1987 crash, which saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average Plunge 508 points on Black Monday.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 3 points in early morning trading. Broader indexes fell slightly.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell a bit more than 2% to 11613.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its lowest level since September 2006 in late morning in New York.

TNT has repeatedly ranked #1 in its industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

McKesson shares have climbed almost 9% in the past year, slightly less than the Dow Jones Industrial Average's rise of about 13%.

It will offer investors a choice of fee structures, as first reported last month by Dow Jones.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 85 points in early morning trading. Broader indexes also fell.

Dow Jones and Bloomberg were not immediately available for comment.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 52 points in early morning trading. Broader indexes also rose.

Small wonder that the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled nearly 400 points on the day.

To invest that you would have to buy more than 10 per cent of the capitalisation of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Dow Jones: There are worries about intensifying competition and pricing pressure in the industry.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 100 points during the trading session May 7 before the report was released officially.

Dow Jones, Bloomberg and Xinhua could not immediately be reached for comment.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 22 points in early morning trading. Broader indexes were mixed.

Shares of home builders also took a beating, sending the Dow Jones home construction index down 6. 8 percent.

The Dow Jones opened down 2%, but had pared back losses to 1. 4% by the time the London market closed.

Fear of the future should not drive the Bancroft family to sell Dow Jones to Mr Murdoch.

Hinton is made chief executive of Wall Street Journal owner Dow Jones by Rupert Murdoch and moves to New York.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 56 points in early morning trading. Broader indexes also rose.

October 14, the U. S. Dow Jones industrial average to 10015 points closed, the first time this year to tens of thousands points off.

The Dow Jones industrial average ( INDU) gained 236 points, or 3. 3%, its best day on a point basis in over a month.

A Dow Jones survey conducted last week showed that only two of 11 economists expect the BOK to raise rates in March.

By contrast, the Dow Jones Total Stock Market Global Index rose a more sedate 3. 3%, down from the 4% gain posted in the fourth quarter.

For the past century, the controlling shareholder in Dow Jones and Company has been the Bancroft family.

The 20 percent monthly advance for the Dow Jones Transportation Average, a proxy for the economy, is the biggest since 1939.

Ihope the Bancroft family, when they meet on Monday in Boston, will vote against the agreement to sell Dow Jones to NewsCorporation.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average celebrated last Christmas with a 1. 4% drop in 2007's final five trading days.

The other line is the Dow Jones U. S. Consumer Goods Total Stock Market Index.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than three percent (368 points) on Friday.

Since Nov. 9, the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index has declined 7%, amid waves of selling triggered by China's moves to tackle inflation.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped nearly 115 points in early morning trading. Broad indexes also rose more than 1 percent.

Last week the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its worst one-week decline since October 2008.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 191 points, mostly in the last 50 minutes of trading.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied Wednesday, rising 0. 94% to close at 11123. 11, after the retail-sales report came out.

As New York stock prices were down sharply Monday, Dow-Jones index average fell 103 points.

No wonder the dow Jones industrial average stock price index in early August day plummet 513 points.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 29 in early morning trading. Broader indexes also fell.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average remains more than 900 points below its pre-Lehman level.

For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.

Yes, both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S& P 500-stock index have fallen by more than 10% since their April highs.

Here's the Dow Jones Newswires story on the committee meeting and vote.

Since bottoming on March 9, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 60%, and financial stocks have more than doubled.

The Dow Jones industrials fell nearly 500 points and all the major indexes tumbled more than 5%.

The Dow Jones industrial average is down more than 50 percent from its peak of October 2007.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose on Thursday, partly on expectations that a bailout deal was imminent.

These brain cells fire when an attack dog snarls at you, a spider drops down your shirt or the Dow Jones Industrial Averagetakes a dive.

Shares of Caterpillar are up 7% this year, versus a 2% decline for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 208 points on the first day of the month, as the strong earnings season went to investors' heads.