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stock market index

In the stock market, an index is an indicator that measures changes in the prices of a defined basket of stocks, and represents the development in this particular market segment.
The main indices are, for example, CAC40 in France, DAX30 in Germany, IBEX35 in Spain and FTSE 100 in the UK. In the US the best known indices are DowJones and NASDAQ.

 

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