index number

DEFINITIONS OF: index number

Examples:: Dow-Jones Industrial Average
an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange; Standard and Poor's Index
a broadly based stock market index

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; BMI, body mass index
a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30; business index
a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions; leading indicator
one of 11 indicators for different sections of the economy; used by the Department of Commerce to predict economic trends in the near future; price index, price level
an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time; short account
the aggregate of short sales on an open market; stock index, stock market index
index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks; retail price index
an index of changes in retail prices; producer price index, wholesale price index
an index of changes in wholesale prices; CPI, consumer price index, cost-of-living index
an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer

Type of:: fact
a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened

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