bourse

noun \ ˈbu̇rs \

|Updated on: 19 Aug 2018

Definition of bourse

1 : exchange 5a; specifically : a European stock exchange

2 : a sale of numismatic or philatelic items on tables (as at a convention)

Recent Examples of bourse from the Web

The Milan bourse fell 5.8% from its close on May 25th and the euro fell to an 11-month low against the yen.

— The Economist, "Italy’s bond yields rise as it heads for another election," 29 May 2018
The Chicago bourse and the investor group had few choices left after the Securities and Exchange Commission blocked the deal last month.

— alexander osipovich, WSJ, "Chicago Stock Exchange Ends Proposed Sale to Chinese Investors," 5 Mar. 2018
But that reflected a speculative frenzy on Shanghai’s bourse.

— The Economist, "History’s biggest firms," 5 July 2018
The New York Stock Exchange was the anchor of the old Wall Street, and for the most part, the banks, brokers, securities law firms and the rest that all made it work remained focused in and around the bourse until the early 1970s.

— rob urban, Bloomberg.com, "Wall Street Is Moving, and It’s Reshaping New York," 14 May 2018
Those trading links have enabled billions of dollars to flow between Hong Kong and mainland bourses each day.

— shen hong, WSJ, "China Takes New Step Toward Opening Its Financial Markets to the World," 11 Apr. 2018
Chinese bourses closed lower, with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng losing 1.2% and the Shanghai Composite falling 1%.

— jon sindreu, WSJ, "U.S. Stocks Slip After Fed Decision," 13 June 2018
Its bourses are heavy with the technologies of the second industrial revolution—mass-market cars, petrochemicals and machinery—but light on the digital firms that power stockmarkets in America (see chart).

— The Economist, "A case for owning euro-zone shares," 9 June 2018
Xiaomi was the first to file for a Hong Kong IPO with a weighted-voting rights structure after the city’s bourse changed rules last month.

— Fortune, "Xiaomi Said to Seek June 7 Listing Hearing for $10 Billion IPO," 25 May 2018

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