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open outcry investment & finance definition
A
method for conducting trades that involves traders shouting out offers and bids
in a pit where futures and options are being sold. Open outcry also is used on
some foreign stock and futures exchanges. The London Metal Exchange mixes two
short periods of open outcry with trading that occurs over the telephone or
through an electronic trading system.
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