1
: exchange sense 5a
specifically
: a European stock exchange
2
: a sale of numismatic or philatelic items on tables (as at a convention)
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Regional sectors and major bourses were largely in the green.
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
Kenyan mobile money users have doubled the number of active retail investors on the country’s main stock exchange, just six weeks after the bourse opened trading on the M-Pesa platform, executives said at Semafor’s Next 3 Billion event.
—semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
The bar is high, with valuations on global bourses pinned above long-term averages.
—Sagarika Jaisinghani, Bloomberg, 17 Jan. 2026
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
Kenyan mobile money users have doubled the number of active retail investors on the country’s main stock exchange, just six weeks after the bourse opened trading on the M-Pesa platform, executives said at Semafor’s Next 3 Billion event.
—semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
The bar is high, with valuations on global bourses pinned above long-term averages.
—Sagarika Jaisinghani, Bloomberg, 17 Jan. 2026
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“Bourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bourse. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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