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MAJOR MARKET INDEX Definition & Legal Meaning

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Trading in options and futures is based on an index such as this. 20 blue-chip stocks comprise such a US stockmarket index. 17 of these blue-chip are also in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). .

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