benchmark index

noun [C]

Definition

› STOCK MARKET, FINANCE a set of share prices that is used as the standard for comparing the values of other shares: The FTSE 100, the benchmark index of Britain’s blue-chip companies, experienced its worst performance since 1984.

(Definition of benchmark index noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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