share market

British

noun

1. a highly organized market facilitating the purchase and sale of securities and operated by professional stockbrokers and market makers according to fixed rules
2. a place where securities are regularly traded
3. ( as modifier )
  
  a share-market speculator
the prices or trading activity of a share market

the share market is buoyant

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Australia’s share market has joined the festive cheer, with the ASX index rising 0.4% in the Christmas Eve session, with financial stocks, mining and gas companies and tech among the gainers.

From The Guardian • Dec. 24, 2021

Lawmakers began to complain about the distortion the BOJ's huge presence was causing in the share market.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2021

The company also plans to list its logistics arm in the first half of next year, in a share market debut that it expects could raise up to $3bn.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2020

It’s the role of marketing to champion the voice of the customer and to share market insights that lead the company.

From Forbes • Jan. 7, 2015

Afterwards, when what was called the company mania broke out, rotten scrip and a rigged share market gave him more scope for speculation, and he became a comparatively respectable member of society.

From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Belgrave, Dalrymple J.

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