Vocabulary test

Drag & drop: Fill in the missing expression. Use the following words and phrases:
  • index
  • panic
  • crash
  • bull market
  • share price
  • close
  • turnover
  • bear market
  • rally
  • blue chip
  1. Though analysts predicted that the NYSE would break 12,000 today, the  was just short of that, at 11,943.
  2.  is one which exhibits a trend of depressed prices and low share movement.
  3. My grandfather, always a very conservative investor, favors more proven, dependable stocks, rather than more high-risk, high yield ones like technology and internet stocks.
  4. The government's latest economic report, released this afternoon, was fairly negative, and trading was down. Analysts fear that this could lead to a certain amount of  among investors and traders, and perhaps drive the market down somewhat.
  5. The total  of today's trading reached approximately 700 million shares, a one-day record for the NYSE.
  6. If you want to invest in the stock market, the first thing you should do is learn how to read the stock , which will help you follow overall and individual market trends every day.
  7. The current  has been in place for six weeks, as trading has been very active and prices have risen continually during that time.
  8. When you see stock brokers jumping out of windows on Wall Street, it is a good sign that there has been a horrible  on the market that day.
  9. When I first invested in this firm, the  was just five dollars, now it is at twelve!
  10. After initial weak trading, the market managed to  after lunch, and close at 10,475, up 112 points on the day.