The MOEX Russia Index, the main benchmark of the Russian stock market, fell 8.3% on Monday, the first day of trading following the U.S. Treasury Department's announcement of the sanctions on Friday, April 6.
The S&P 500 index, the market's main benchmark, finished the year with a loss of 6.2percentt.
For the moment, next-day delivery is the main benchmark of quality in the industry.
The main benchmark oil quoted in the United States, West Texas Intermediate, has fallen much more sharply than Brent crude, closing Tuesday at $75.67 a barrel, down $1.94.
WTI continues to be the main benchmark for oil consumed in the United States.
The main benchmark oil contracts — light sweet crude traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Brent contract traded at ICE Futures Europe in London — are quoted in dollars, as are the other important commodities contracts globally like gold, copper and wheat.
The main benchmark refinancing rate determines what banks pay the ECB for credit, and affects what banks charge companies to borrow.
The Penrose square root rule (PSRR) is the main benchmark for 'fair representation' of all bottom-tier voters in the top-tier decision making body, but rests on the restrictive assumption of independent binary decisions.
Mr. Zhou said this month that many banks appeared to have stepped up new lending to drive down their percentage of all outstanding loans classified as nonperforming, the main benchmark Beijing has used to measure banks over the last two years.
Historically, the classic Reuters-21578 collection was the main benchmark for text classification evaluation.
