main market

British

noun

the market for trading in the listed securities of companies on the London Stock Exchange Compare Third Market Unlisted Securities Market

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Dauda Iliya, a media aide to the Borno State government, said authorities were working to confirm casualties from the explosions at the city's main market and the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.

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The plan was welcomed by investors on the Milan stock exchange, with Enel shares rising 6.5 percent to 9.7 euros in afternoon trading while the main market index rose just 0.89 percent.

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The city's main market bustled on Friday afternoon as shoppers jostled through heavy traffic.

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International sales of Cuban cigars, the island nation's most emblematic export, bring much needed income to its struggling economy, with Europe the main market for the luxury smokes.

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He went to the Merkato, the city's main market, to haggle for a traditional "shamma" or shawl, to the Ethiopian Science Museum, where he crashed a simulator plane, to the Adwa Victory Memorial, where he walked barefoot to honour the Ethiopian warriors who defeated Italian forces in 1896.

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