Dow Jones 2008 Olympic Games Index Up 15.52% Since Inception
The Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index measures the performance of publicly traded companies which are official partners, sponsors and suppliers of this Olympiad. As of June 9, the index is up 15.52% since its inception on December 31, 2006, whereas the global and European blue chip indexes, the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 and Dow Jones STOXX 50 indexes, are down 5.04% and 1.31%, respectively. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 1.02% and the Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index, which measures the 50 largest Chinese stocks traded overseas, gained 21.85% in the same time period (Dow Jones).
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DATE
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DOW JONES IND. AVG.
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GLOBAL TITANS 50
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STOXX 50
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CHINA OFFSHORE 50
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'08 SUMMER GAMES
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6/9/2008
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98.53
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92.79
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100.00
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133.09
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123.21
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5/9/2008
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102.27
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95.95
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104.15
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138.39
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125.81
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4/9/2008
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100.51
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95.76
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104.45
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129.70
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123.52
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3/10/2008
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94.20
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90.07
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97.14
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126.14
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116.02
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2/11/2008
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98.21
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91.98
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95.09
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126.02
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116.86
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1/9/2008
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102.18
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101.67
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109.74
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157.35
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128.04
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12/10/2007
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110.14
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107.14
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117.02
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166.87
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133.21
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11/9/2007
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104.65
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102.30
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112.72
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168.47
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131.36
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10/9/2007
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113.65
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108.25
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114.82
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168.45
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129.54
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9/10/2007
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105.33
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101.52
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105.42
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135.70
|
115.33
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8/9/2007
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106.48
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102.27
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107.49
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121.05
|
113.97
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7/9/2007
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109.52
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106.14
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113.77
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122.81
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114.05
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6/11/2007
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107.72
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103.40
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108.45
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105.07
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108.62
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5/9/2007
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107.22
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103.55
|
110.40
|
101.59
|
107.11
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4/9/2007
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100.85
|
99.37
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N/A
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97.40
|
103.18
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3/9/2007
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98.50
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96.80
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100.76
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90.08
|
98.34
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2/9/2007
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100.94
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100.04
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103.83
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97.19
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100.33
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1/9/2007
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99.63
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99.41
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101.04
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96.72
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99.05
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12/29/2006
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100.00
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100.00
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101.92
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100.00
|
100.00
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