share index

noun

1. an index showing the movement of share prices See Financial Times Industrial Ordinary Share Index Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index

Example Sentences

Reacting to news of the vote, France's CAC-40 share index fell 1.59% on Monday and then a further 2% on Tuesday morning.

From BBC

Japan's benchmark share index, the Nikkei 225, was around 2% higher on Wednesday morning in Tokyo.

From BBC

Japan's Nikkei share index rose by 1.1% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng increased by 2.1%.

From BBC

Those words seemed to do little to reassure confidence among investors, as the US S&P 500 share index fell nearly 3% the next day.

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The S&P 500 share index, which tracks the biggest listed American companies, has plunged to its lowest point since September, after Trump imposed the tariffs last week and later declined to rule out the possibility of a recession.

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