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A statistical indicator providing a representation of the value of the securities which constitute it. Indices often serve as barometers for a given market or industry and benchmarks against which financial or economic performance is measured.
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'index' appears in the definitions of these other terms on BusinessDictionary.com: Russell indexes [or indices], Baltic indices, Dow theory, small and medium enterprise (SME), Wilshire stock indexes [or indices], and 
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