stock market
noun
2
a
: a market for particular stocks
b
: the market for stocks throughout a country
Examples of stock market in a Sentence
We lost money in the stock market.
International stock markets saw declines at the end of the trading day.
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The new Trump administration does bring some potential negatives for the stock market.
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
However, the stock market didn't care about that nit and rewarded Google with a remarkable 7% price increase on the announcement day.
—Karl Freund, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Nvidia has emerged as a leader in the artificial intelligence sector, becoming one of the stock market's largest companies as tech giants pour billions into its chips and data centers to power and train their AI systems.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
York is skeptical that tariffs are really an effective bargaining chip, especially because just the threat of tariffs can hurt the US economy and the stock market and depress business investment.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
However, the stock market didn't care about that nit and rewarded Google with a remarkable 7% price increase on the announcement day.
—Karl Freund, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Nvidia has emerged as a leader in the artificial intelligence sector, becoming one of the stock market's largest companies as tech giants pour billions into its chips and data centers to power and train their AI systems.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
York is skeptical that tariffs are really an effective bargaining chip, especially because just the threat of tariffs can hurt the US economy and the stock market and depress business investment.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Stock market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20market. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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