Spot Rate

A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

A situation in which a market or industry is controlled by a small group of companies.

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

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The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest

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The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.