Word: dowe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only did the Dow Jones industrial average of 30 of the nation's leading companies climb by a respectable 51 points, to 876 on Jan. 31 (it closed on Friday, Feb. 1, at an even higher 881), but broader measures of investor interest in stocks also showed gains. The New York Stock Exchange composite index, which tracks the prices of 1,500-plus Big Board companies, climbed by a solid 6%, while Standard & Poor's widely watched index of 500 major U.S. corporations rose almost as much...
...Dow Chemical, which provides MSU with grant and scholarship funds, threatened to withdraw its financial support but so far it has taken no action, Martin said...