General term used in the financial markets to refer to companies manufacturing, producing, or distributing goods and services. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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industrials in‧dus‧trials [ɪnˈdʌstriəlz] noun [plural]
FINANCE shares in industrial companies:
• On Tuesday, the industrials fell 27.48 points.
ˌDow Jones inˈdustrials also ˌDow inˈdustrials trademark
another name for the Dow Jones Industrial Average:
• The Dow Jones industrials advanced 24.01 points.
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industrials
► [plural] STOCK MARKET shares in industrial companies: »
The trust invests in industrials.
Main Entry: ↑industrial
Financial and business terms. 2012.