How to Use stock market in a Sentence

stock market

noun
  • We lost money in the stock market.
  • International stock markets saw declines at the end of the trading day.
  • Not a bad backdrop for the stock market, at least for now.
    WSJ, 18 July 2023
  • The title of stock market king is once again up for grabs.
    Charley Grant, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Then there’s the Lakewood High School stock market club.
    John Benson, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023
  • And billions of dollars have flowed out of the country’s stock markets.
    Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The same investors who thought the stock market was such a dreadful place last year have changed their tune.
    Michael Joseph, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Bonds Bonds are the classic tool for balancing out risks in the stock market.
    Anna-Louise Jackson, wsj.com, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The Bank of Japan stepped into the stock market for the first time since March, buying funds worth some $470 million.
    Megumi Fujikawa, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Such threats don’t seem to be fazing investors, who have pushed the stock market to record highs.
    Ben Casselman, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The hottest of hot stocks August has been a bust, but overall the stock market has soared higher this year.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The stock market will open at its usual time, 9:30 a.m. ET, on Wednesday.
    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 4 July 2023
  • Home prices shot higher, and the stock market rose in the biggest surge on records dating back more than 30 years.
    Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Some states across the country declared the day a public holiday, and schools and the stock market closed.
    TIME, 24 Jan. 2024
  • There is plenty of garbage floating in the stock market today.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Bear markets—defined as a 20% drop in the stock market—take place about once every four years.
    Mallika Mitra, wsj.com, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Nvidia is now one of the largest companies on the US stock market, valued at $2.21 trillion.
    Olesya Dmitracova, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Wall Street is feeling sunny about the stock market as the calendar flips to 2024.
    Charley Grant, WSJ, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The stock market is one of the best ways to build wealth over the long term, and young people are best positioned to take advantage of that.
    The Motley Fool, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Schools, libraries, city halls as well as banks, post offices and the stock market will also be closed.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 3 July 2023
  • That's a big problem for the stock market, which these days seems to be Google's primary focus.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Apr. 2023
  • What’s more, the rally in the stock market isn’t entirely a good thing for truly long-term investors.
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The city’s stock market, which is seen as a proxy for China’s economy, is among the world’s worst performing this year.
    Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Joe Biden is took a dig at Donald Trump after this week's stock market success.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
  • And for very long-term savings goals, investing in the stock market becomes a more viable goal.
    Martha C. White, wsj.com, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The stock market has already soared since the autumn of 2022 and shows every sign of powering higher.
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The ride-hailing companies’ gains came as the broader stock market stayed muted.
    Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Because the 4th of July is a federal holiday, there are a lot of places — banks, post offices, the stock market — that are closed.
    Country Living Staff, Country Living, 4 July 2023
  • The photo was shared by social media accounts with large followings, and the stock market briefly dipped.
    Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
  • The country’s stock markets have now surpassed records set all the way back in December 1989, at the peak of Japan’s bubble economy.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 1 Apr. 2024

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