block trade

American  

noun

1. the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.

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Derived Forms

• block trader
  noun

Example Sentences

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert did so through the sale of six million Concentrix shares on April 29 in a block trade pursuant to Rule 144 at a price of $22.25 per share.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

In a block trade, a bank helps a client sell a big chunk of stock, briefly taking the shares and then distributing them, often in smaller portions, to other investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Gennadiy Goldberg, a rates strategist at TD Securities, said that on Thursday a large block trade — a big transaction, typically made by an institutional investor — helped to start the move in U.S.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2022

Algeria continues to block trade, however, and the Algerian Foreign Ministry on Saturday called the European response “hasty and unfounded.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2022

Tencent sold 14.5 million shares in Sea Ltd at $208 each in a block trade, according to a term sheet reviewed by Reuters.

From Reuters • Jan. 5, 2022