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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Like the gyrations in the stock market, economists have gone back and forth on recession predictions.
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Catherine Arnst, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025
Wall Street racked up yet one more miserable day in a month of miserable days on April 21, once again seeing a sizable selloff in both the stock market and the bond market, as the Standard & Poor's 500 fell 2.36% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.48%.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
The on-again-off-again tariff announcements have rattled investors, wiping out trillions in value from stock markets and frustrating business leaders who are struggling to make business decisions without knowing how much goods will cost in the long run.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Spencer Platt | Getty Images President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office are the worst for the stock market for the start of a president's four-year term since the 1970s.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2025
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Catherine Arnst, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025
Wall Street racked up yet one more miserable day in a month of miserable days on April 21, once again seeing a sizable selloff in both the stock market and the bond market, as the Standard & Poor's 500 fell 2.36% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.48%.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
The on-again-off-again tariff announcements have rattled investors, wiping out trillions in value from stock markets and frustrating business leaders who are struggling to make business decisions without knowing how much goods will cost in the long run.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Spencer Platt | Getty Images President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office are the worst for the stock market for the start of a president's four-year term since the 1970s.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 28 Apr. 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 3 May. 2025.
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