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Business English -Stock Market Trading Vocabulary Choose the best answer for each one: 1. The stock market has been __________________ for three days straight. fall lower down 2. My stocks are ____________________ 20% this month. high up higher 3. I'm hoping for a 10% _____________________ over the next year. increasing increase increased 4. Trading stock is not an __________________________ science. exact faultless free from flaws 5. When a stock market ___________________ ( = goes down considerably), many investors lose a lot of money. clashes smashes crashes 6. My _______________________ advised me to buy this company's stock. broker breaker brokerage 7. The stock decreased in value because many investors were selling it ______________ after the negative financial news came out. off 1 out on 8. The news had no ________________ on the price of the stock. interest impasse impact 9. These days many investors are ________________ ( = worried) about the health of the U.S. economy. scathed uneasy unscathed 10. Online brokers are usually less expensive than their offline ________________. counterparts version counteract 11. There was record-_____________ trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange this week. taking destroying breaking 12. This week the bulls gained the upper _______________ ( = persevered/came out on top). face hand level 13. Price ________________ are fluctuations in the price of a stock. levels swings switches 14. When a stock market "______________", it means it recovers after being down. rallies 2 rolls relies 15. The recovery raised ________________ that the worst might be over. ideas thoughts hopes 16. A _________________ market refers to a period of time when many stocks rise in value. bull ball bell 17. I own 1,000 ____________________ of their stock. shares pieces papers 18. The scandal __________________ ( = caused/contributed to) the sell-off. fooled failed fueled 19. The earnings were higher than __________________, which sent the stock through the roof ( = increased its value dramatically). accepted expected escaped 20. The stock market was down 400 points, but finished up 50 points. What are some of the reasons for this _________________? turnaround turnstile roundabout 21. After early losses, the NASDAQ ________________ to finish 20 points up. rallied 3 plummeted suffered a drop 22. The company's stock __________________________ after the better-than-expected earnings reports came out. went through the roof plummeted suffered a drop 23. Microsoft stock _____________________ 20 cents down. went up terminated finished 24. It was a good day for us. Our stock _____________________ to $45 a share! hopped jumped skipped 25. It was a terrible day for us. Our stock ____________________by 20%! went through the roof rallied plummeted 26. Their shares ___________________ by 100% after news of the big contract came out. rocketed went up slightly finished 27. Their shares _____________________ after they reported a 30 percent decline in third-quarter earnings. sank rocketed went through the roof 28. Their shares ______________________ Tuesday after news came out that next year's earnings would fall far short of Wall Street expectations. 4 went through the roof rallied took a beating 29. The shares ___________________ Friday. ( = The price remained the same) finished remained unchanged rallied 30. Their stock started the day with a steep 30% drop, but ___________________ to close down just 2%. remained unchanged rebounded took a beating 5