blue-chip

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—European blue-chip stock indexes largely slipped, as the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs and higher oil prices weighed on sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

European blue-chip indexes opened in the green, boosted by technology stocks, following gains in Asia and the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

One sign of the malaise outside tech is that many blue-chip stocks have been hitting 52-week lows lately.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The blue-chip index rose 371 points, or 0.8%, on Thursday.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The population of Reston has grown in recent years, and high-technology businesses and blue-chip consulting firms have moved into office parks there, where glass buildings grew up during the nineteen-eighties like crystals.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston