stock index futures

noun [plural] (also share index futures)

Definition

› FINANCE, STOCK MARKET agreements to buy or sell shares at a particular time in the future at a fixed price that is based on the level of a stock index: A Fund may sell stock index futures contracts during a market decline.

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

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