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heavy trading

 
 
noun [U] STOCK MARKET

Definition

a period of time during which a lot of shares, bonds, etc. are bought and sold: Its stock price fell 24 cents to $7.61 in heavy trading Thursday.heavy trading in sth Dealers reported further heavy trading in the shares.heavy trading on sth Share prices rose $2.635 in heavy trading on the Nasdaq.
(Definition of heavy trading noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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