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Stock exchange

Meaning in investing & the stock market, with examples

/ˈstɑːk ɪksˌtʃeɪndʒ/nounCore term

In investing & the stock market, stock exchange means: An organisation that runs a regulated market where shares and other securities are listed and traded, such as Borsa Istanbul or the New York Stock Exchange.

In Turkish: borsa, menkul kıymetler borsası

How it is used

Used for the institution itself: a company is listed on a stock exchange, goes public on an exchange or is delisted from it. Often shortened to 'the exchange'. Official names include Borsa Istanbul (BIST), the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the NYSE.

Example sentences

  1. The company plans to list its shares on the stock exchange next year.

  2. Trading on the stock exchange opens at 10 a.m. local time.

Common collocations

  • listed on the stock exchange
  • stock exchange listing
  • stock exchange rules
  • London Stock Exchange
  • stock marketThe whole system in which shares of companies are bought and sold, including the exchanges, the investors and the prices they create.
  • listed companyA company whose shares are officially admitted to trading on a stock exchange, so anyone can buy and sell them and the company must publish regular information.
  • IPOShort for initial public offering: the first time a private company sells its shares to the public and lists them on a stock exchange.
  • indexA number that shows how the prices of a selected group of shares or bonds change over time, used to measure a whole market or sector.

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