Vocabulary【Buy and Invest in Stocks】
to trade at
Trading is the buying and selling of securities.
A shift in consumer preferences can lead to stocks trading at cheap valuations.
valuation: 估价
to close at
Stock exchange trading sessions close at the end of the day.
Hong Kong stocks edged down 0.05 percent, to close at 21,400.50 points on Monday.
edge: v 缓慢变化
to bid
To bid on a security means to offer to buy it.
Investors continue to bid Amazon higher despite an unfavorable price-to-earnings ratio.
bid: 出价，投标
price-to-earnings ratio: 市盈率
to list on
If a company is listed, it is included and traded on a stock exchange.
In order to be listed, a company needs to meet certain requirements.
Companies try to be listed on the most prominent exchanges, since they offer the best exposure.
prominent: 显著的
exposure: 曝光
Question
- The best performer of the session on the London Stock Exchange was Domino's Pizza, which rose 16 points to trade at 277.04.
- Stocks in natural resources are currently being traded at an enticing discount.
- Last Wednesday, the European equity index closed at its highest level in more than a month.
- Last week, the Nasdaq closed at record levels for two consecutive sessions.
- After restrictions were placed on coal power, investors rushed to bid up solar energy stock 15%.
- Our company went public and is now listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
- I was advised to bid low on thinly-traded stocks, since substantial buying can sharply drive up prices.
- Being listed on a prominent exchange will offer the best exposure.
enticing: 诱人的
index: 指数
thinly-traded: 交易稀少的. Thinly traded securities are those that cannot be easily sold or exchanged for cash without a significant change in price. Thinly traded securities are exchanged in low volumes and often have limited numbers of interested buyers and sellers, which can lead to volatile changes in price when a transaction does occur. These securities are also known as being illiquid.
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