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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A stock index does not oscillate with such frightening amplitude as we have witnessed recently unless to announce some tectonic change ahead.
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Since then the CBoT has launched various bond and stock index futures contracts though many have been delisted due to insufficient trading volumes.
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The benchmark stock index , by comparison, gained 8 percent.
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The Dow Jones stock index closed down 7.68 at 2,687.93.
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The impasse sent Hong Kong stocks plummeting and the colony's main stock index closed 5.1 percent lower.
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Within a few years, feds also will be able to invest in a small-cap and an international stock index fund.