31.  Amid the news, the Dow Jones industrial average dipped every day last week.

32.  Du Pont's 6 percent slide contributed more than 11 points to the decline of nearly 30 points in the Dow Jones industrial average.

33.  Despite the exuberant buying spree, an 11th-hour rally in the final minutes of trading failed to push the Dow Jones industrial average above the 9,000 mark.

34.  Despondent investors intensified their selloff of blue chip stocks, accelerating the decline in the Dow Jones industrial average and narrowly avoiding bear market territory.

35.  During a session with mixed results, only the Dow Jones industrial average eked out a gain among leading market gauges.

36.  During one-party control, he said, the Dow Jones industrial average rose an average of only 2.3 percent annually.

37.  Disney, a component of the Dow Jones industrial average, is expected to report earnings before markets open today for its first quarter ended Dec. 31.

38.  Ditto for the Dow Jones industrial average.

39.  During the same period, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 84 percent.

40.  Earlier, the industrial average at one point was up more than 87 points.