benchmark
Example Sentences
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The price of urea in Egypt, a regional benchmark, jumped 54% over the past month, as the Middle East conflict disrupted shipping.
Lumentum Holdings and Coherent were among the top performers in the S&P 500 Tuesday, just one day after the stocks were added to the benchmark index during its quarterly rebalancing.
From Barron's
Coherent, Lumentum, and the S&P 500’s other latest additions fall, three days after joining the benchmark index.
From Barron's
The Bank of Mexico lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 6.75% in a 3-2 split decision.
The Fed kept its benchmark rate steady last week.
From MarketWatch
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