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large-cap

American  
[lahrj-kap] / ˈlɑrdʒˈkæp /

adjective

  1. designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of $5 billion or more.

Example Sentences

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Here are the top and bottom stocks in the large-cap index as of Tuesday’s opening bell.

From Barron's

The S&P 500 was up 1.2% in early trading on Tuesday, but the large-cap U.S. benchmark index was still down 6.6% for March.

From MarketWatch

It has the best margin expansion of any large-cap software company.

From Barron's

Hardware names, meanwhile, dominated the list of the biggest large-cap fallers.

From Barron's

Their valuation gap to large-cap growth stocks is among the widest in history.

From The Wall Street Journal

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