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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Over in the stock market, investors are taking a wait-and-see approach, with both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average remaining mostly unchanged after Trump’s bill was passed.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 23 May 2025
The tax plan has rattled stock markets in recent days as investors worry about the ballooning debt.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
The week before President Donald Trump unveiled bruising new tariffs that sent the stock market plummeting, a key official in the agency that shapes his administration’s trade policy sold off as much as $30,000 of stock.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 22 May 2025
The government would contribute $1,000 to every eligible child's account, which would be invested in the stock market on their behalf.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 22 May 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 23 May 2025
The tax plan has rattled stock markets in recent days as investors worry about the ballooning debt.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
The week before President Donald Trump unveiled bruising new tariffs that sent the stock market plummeting, a key official in the agency that shapes his administration’s trade policy sold off as much as $30,000 of stock.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 22 May 2025
The government would contribute $1,000 to every eligible child's account, which would be invested in the stock market on their behalf.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for stock market
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“Stock market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20market. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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