weighted average price

Volume Weighted Average Price.

批量加权平均价。

The index works by taking a weighted average of the price of imported iron and domestically produced iron ore to produce a composite number.

这种指数通过对进口铁和国产铁矿石取以加权平均价格以此产生一个合成数。

So the Dow Jones number you hear in the news each night is simply this weighted average of stock prices. Because of this, the Dow Jones Industrial average should just be considered a price in itself.

因此，你每天晚上从新闻所了解到的道琼斯指数，都只不过是这些股票价值的一个加权平均数，正因为如此，道琼斯指数只能作为衡量它自身价值的一个数值来考虑。