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Tags: financial markets
Categories: Economics & Finance
A method of measuring the value of a section of the stock market. It is computed from the prices of selected stocks (sometimes a weighted average). It is a tool used by investors and financial managers to describe the market, and to compare the return on specific investments.
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market_index)
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