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

This year, a 32% gain in the S&P 500 energy sector is shielding shareholders from some of inflation’s bite.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Trump’s post triggered a huge drop in oil prices and a jump in the S&P 500 index.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

If the S&P 500 is up 15% for the year, the goal is for the client’s portfolio to rise that much, while also distributing losses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF is down 13% from its January record, nearing its $52 low.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

In his first full year, 2001, the S&P 500 fell 11.88 percent.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis