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The FTSE 250 Index, also called the FTSE 250, or, informally, the "Footsie 250" / ˈ f ʊ t s i /, is a stock market index that measures the real strength of the economy of the United Kingdom [1] and consists of the 101st to the 350th mid-cap blue chip companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Public float or Free float: ... Yellow strip price or Touch price: in the UK stock market , the highest bid price or lowest offer price, ...
Composed of Polish Traded Index (PTX), Czech Traded Index (CTX) and Hungarian Traded Index (HTX) by the Vienna Stock Exchange. UBS 100 Index - the 100 Swiss companies with the largest market capitalizations that are listed on the SIX Swiss stock exchange.
The phrase Big Bang, used in reference to the sudden deregulation of financial markets, was coined to describe measures, including abolition of fixed commission charges and of the distinction between stockjobbers and stockbrokers on the London Stock Exchange and change from open outcry to screen-based electronic trading, effected by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1986.
A ticker symbol or stock symbol is an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock on a particular stock market. In short, ticker symbols are arrangements of symbols or characters (generally Latin letters or digits) representing specific assets or securities listed on a stock exchange or traded publicly.
The Lusaka Securities Exchange (abbreviated to LuSE) is the principal stock exchange of Zambia. Founded in 1993, it is located in Lusaka. The LuSE is a member of the African Stock Exchanges Association. As of 14 April 2022, the LuSE has 25 listed companies with a market capitalisation of ZMW 71.69 billion (US$4.1 billion). [1] [2]
Stock price graph illustrating the 2020 stock market crash, showing a sharp drop in stock price, followed by a recovery. A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a major cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth. Crashes are driven by panic selling and underlying economic ...
At the same time, Vauxhall launches the Calibra, built by Opel in Germany, onto the UK market. 3 May – The end of house price inflation is declared by Halifax Building Society, two years after the housing market peaked. 4 May – Local council elections see Labour win more local council seats than the Conservatives.