- opening
- The period at the beginning of the trading session officially designated by an exchange, during which all transactions are considered made "at the opening."Related: close. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary————The period at the beginning of the trading session officially designated by the exchange during which all transactions are considered made "at the opening."
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opening o‧pen‧ing [ˈəʊpnɪŋ ǁ ˈoʊ-] noun• After a weak opening (= one with falling prices ) , Stockholm equities recovered to close mostly higher.
• Oil and gasoline prices ended higher in moderate trading after a strong opening (= one with rising prices ) .
• A number of celebrities attended the opening of his new restaurant.
3. [uncountable] COMMERCE also opening up when a country allows types of imports or foreign investment that it did not allow before, or when it allows more of these:opening of• last year's opening of the capital market to foreigners
• a gradual opening up of the EU market to Japanese car makers
4. [countable] a job or position that is available:• With markets declining, banks have fewer openings for merger specialists.
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Ⅰ.opening UK US /ˈəʊpənɪŋ/ noun► [C or U] COMMERCE an occasion when a new store, restaurant, etc. starts doing business: »A week after the opening of the restaurant, cars were queueing up all along the street.
»Pre-tax profits rose, with new store openings running, on average, at three a month.
a grand/an official opening »The store is still committed to its grand opening in October.
»an opening ceremony
► [U] COMMERCE the amount of time that a store, restaurant, etc. is open: »One worker at the store criticized the problems caused by 24-hour opening.
»Our hours of opening are 8am to 6pm.
»Most stores have late opening in the run-up to Christmas.
► [C] HR, WORKPLACE a job that is available: an opening for sth »They have openings for carpenters and electricians.
»The company has about 50 job openings.
► [C] the opportunity to do something: »The failure of this project has left an opening in the market.
► [C or U] STOCK MARKET, FINANCE the beginning of business for the day on a stock market, or the level of prices at the beginning of its business day: »The deal was announced ahead of the stock market opening.
a strong/weak opening »A weak opening on the US markets intensified London selling.
► [S] (also opening-up) COMMERCE a situation in which a country allows more foreign trade and investment than it did before: opening to sth »Since China's opening to the outside world in 1978, the market economy system has been almost entirely established.
opening of sth »It is hoped that the agreement will pave the way for an opening of American borders.
► [S] (also opening-up) COMMERCE a situation in which a country makes jobs, markets, etc. available to more people than before: the opening of sth »Because of the opening of electric power markets in the US, many new opportunities presented themselves closer to home.
Ⅱ.opening UK US /ˈəʊpənɪŋ/ adjective [before noun]► coming near the beginning of a speech, event, activity, etc.: opening comments/remarks »The speaker will make a few opening remarks.
► STOCK MARKET, FINANCE coming at the beginning of business for the day on a stock market: »The Dow Jones quickly turned an opening 53-point rise into a 162-point loss.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
