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STOCK INDEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stock index mean? 

STOCK INDEX (noun)
  The noun STOCK INDEX has 1 sense:

1. index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocksplay

  Familiarity information: STOCK INDEX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STOCK INDEX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

stock index; stock market index

Hypernyms ("stock index" is a kind of...):

index; index number; indicant; indicator (a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time)

Instance hyponyms:

Dow-Jones Industrial Average; Dow Jones (an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange)

Standard and Poor's; Standard and Poor's Index (a broadly based stock market index)


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