change hands

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JBS, a giant meat and food processing company from the Netherlands, is up 25% year to date, with a 17% advance during the last month to change hands around $18.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 3% to change hands above $85 a barrel, close to its most expensive since the summer of 2024.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

It was an occasion for millions of shares of each company to change hands between investors who thought they were worth owning and those who no longer did.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Global oil prices, curiously, were little changed, with Brent crude, the global benchmark, rising around 1.7% to change hands at $61.81 a barrel.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

There was no need on either side—long or short—for cash to change hands.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis