Nominal amount

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

A listed company run by a fund manager, investing mainly in private companies.e.

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

Mutual funds and investment trusts are priced on their net asset value (NAV).

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.