Sentence examples for broad index from inspiring English sources

A broad index of financial stocks fell almost 4percentt.

A broad index of Europe's biggest companies was down 0.4percentt in afternoon trading.

Let us look at each of our three broad index categories in turn.

The 2.1percentt gain on Wednesday for the broad index of large companies was its third-best showing this year.

The S&P 500, a broad index of major American companies, is up more than 3percentthis yearar.

Investors often buy emerging markets in a single transaction, through a fund that closely follows a broad index.

There are well-established techniques for protecting government investment accounts from political meddling, such as legal requirements that the funds buy a broad index.

By contrast, a broad index of European shares, the Euro Stoxx, fell 2.8percentt on Monday but was still above the lows it reached earlier this year.

Against a broad index of the United States' main trading partners, the dollar was down 8.7percentthethe steepest decline since 1987, when it fell 12.2percentt.

Against this broad index, the dollar is only at its lowest value since July 2000 and is 20.1 percent above its low in 1978.

"This invests in a broad index of nearly all the medium- and small-sized listed companies in the UK – some 600 stocks – and returned 12.9% in 2012.