was trading
- past progressive of trade.
Example Sentences
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Brent crude was trading around $75 a barrel in mid-morning European trade, while West Texas Intermediate stood just above $71 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
In the two years prior to the war, oil was trading between $55 and $75 a barrel.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
"That matters because oil was not just trading war risk. It was trading the possibility that reserve drawdowns and blocked Gulf flows would create an energy cliff."
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The benchmark UK gas price was below 80p a therm before the Iran war began but was trading at around 157p by 19 March.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
When IBM stock was trading at $34 a share and had been hopping around madly for the past year, an option to buy it for $35 a share anytime soon was seldom underpriced.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
