1835–45; < French: literally, purse; see bursa
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The bourse operator’s 1Q earnings could be partly driven by a risk-on trading environment earlier in the quarter, before the Middle East conflict broke out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The Dubai bourse was down 4.7 percent while Abu Dhabi's ADX fell 3.5 percent shortly after markets opened.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
The bourse operator’s average daily trading value momentum could also be further supported by increasingly looser monetary policy expectations in developed markets, leading to emerging market inflows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
KK Mart has also reportedly said it had to cancel a planned listing on the Malaysian bourse due to the crisis.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
But in the year 301, the corn which made the German black bread, was introduced as the third article of commerce in the corn bourse of Greece and Asia Minor.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav
“Without access to reserves, the artificial pressure on the rial won’t subside,” said Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, chief executive of Iran-focused think tank Bourse & Bazaar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
In a day that mixed heavy rain and bursts of hot sunshine, the King was crowded round closely by visitors at a festival at the city's Place de la Bourse.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023
“Iranians aren’t really looking at just whether they’re better off compared to last year,” said Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, the founder of Bourse & Bazaar, a research group specializing in Iranian politics and economics.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
A view shows the French national flag on the top of the Palais Brogniard, former Paris Stock Exchange, located at Place de la Bourse in Paris, France, March 9, 2022.
From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2022
"But that does not agree with the Bourse, whose principals are far from revolutionary," objected some one.
From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
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