S&P 500

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1. An index of stock prices issued by Standard and Poor, a major credit-rating agency, and indicating price movements of the shares of five hundred major companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange. (Compare Dow Jones Industrial Average .)

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Example Sentences

Wall Street surged, with the Nasdaq up 3.8 percent and the S&P 500 adding almost three percent.

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Lumentum Holdings had a blockbuster quarter, rising 84% and claiming a spot in the S&P 500.

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AppLovin led S&P 500 losers, down 44% due to an SEC probe and software selloff.

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The stock dropped 11.3% on Tuesday, closing at $7.60, while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.9% and 2.5%, respectively, gaining on hopes that the Iran conflict would end soon.

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Stocks surged, with the S&P 500 up 2.9%, amid reports of potential de-escalation in the 32-day Iran conflict.

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