stock exchange
nounDefinition of stock exchange
1
: a place where security trading is conducted on an organized system
2
: an association of people organized to provide an auction market among themselves for the purchase and sale of securities
Examples of stock exchange in a Sentence
domestic and international stock exchanges
Shares of the company were trading at $20 on the New York Stock Exchange.
He works as a stockbroker on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
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In response to the company's box-office turnaround, Enlight's shares have climbed more than 16 percent on the Shenzhen stock exchange since mid-July. — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, "How Chinese Animation Film 'Ne Zha' Became a Surprise $400M-Plus Hit," 8 Aug. 2019 The price of bread is soaring, and bazaars where the poor do business with the poor are being demolished while barons of the stock exchange get government handouts. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "Trump welcomes Pakistan’s troubled leader," 22 July 2019 In 2014, the year Pace acquired Dean & DeLuca, Pace was operating at a net loss of $11 million, according to the company’s filings on the Thai stock exchange. — Julia Moskin, New York Times, "Dean & DeLuca Closes Stores as Debts Pile Up," 10 July 2019 That avoided an expensive roadshow, an investment bank tradition for aspiring public companies to be shopped around to potential institutional buyers before trading starts on the stock exchange. — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, "Slack’s direct listing is a hit," 20 June 2019 Protests in Hong Kong may cost the city’s stock exchange its biggest catch in years. — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, "Amid Protests, Hong Kong’s Stock Exchange May Lose Chance at Alibaba Listing—Again," 21 Aug. 2019 Half the companies listed in the city’s stock exchanges are from the mainland, and mainland real-estate developers now own more than 50 percent of the city’s land. — Helen Raleigh, National Review, "The End of Hong Kong as We Know It," 15 Aug. 2019 Aramco had plans to go public in 2018—with New York, London, and Hong Kong’s stock exchanges as possible sites—potentially raising up to $100 billion. — Adam Rasmi, Quartz, "Saudi Aramco’s first-half profit fell to a mere $47 billion," 12 Aug. 2019 The Wall Street bank has signed a contract with Huaxin Securities to buy enough of Morgan Stanley Huaxin Securities, their joint venture, to gain a 51% controlling stake, according to a Friday filing with the Shanghai stock exchange. — Laura He, CNN, "Morgan Stanley is taking control of its China business. Will Beijing block it?," 2 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stock exchange.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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