Question: What are Dow and Nasdaq? Why are the numbers sometimes are positive, and some days are negative. What determines these numbers?

Answer: They are stock exchanges ... industrials and tech stocks ... the average of section of each of them gives the number you see. If the majority of their respective stocks rise, then the number goes up. If they lower, then the number goes down. In a nutshell.
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