ClimateJuly 30, 2026

bourse

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Definition

A stock market or an exchange where securities and financial commodities are traded.

Etymology

The word comes from the Middle French 'bourse' (purse), derived from the Medieval Latin 'bursa'. It traces back to the 13th-century Van der Beurse family in Bruges, whose coat of arms featured purses and whose home became a site for merchant trading.

In the news

The article mentions that a company voluntarily delisted from the local bourse, meaning it removed its shares from public trading on the stock exchange.

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