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Ticker symbol

Meaning in investing & the stock market, with examples

/ˈtɪkər ˌsɪmbl/nounCore term

In investing & the stock market, ticker symbol means: A short code of letters that identifies a company's shares on a stock exchange, used on trading screens and in price lists.

In Turkish: hisse kodu, işlem kodu, borsa kodu

How it is used

Investors type the ticker symbol into a trading platform to find a stock. US tickers have one to five letters, such as AAPL for Apple; Borsa Istanbul codes usually have four or five letters. People often say just 'ticker'.

Example sentences

  1. What's the ticker symbol for the new airline? I can't find it on my app.

  2. The company will trade under the ticker symbol ABCDE from Monday.

Common collocations

  • trade under the ticker symbol
  • stock ticker
  • ticker tape
  • stockA type of investment that gives you a small part of the ownership of a company. People also use the word for the shares of one particular company.
  • 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.
  • stock exchangeAn 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.
  • share priceThe amount of money one share of a company costs on the market at a given moment, set by the orders of buyers and sellers.

More terms: Stocks & Shares

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