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MERCADO TERMINO [2 records]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A market in which currencies are bought and sold at current rates of exchange for delivery at specified future dates.

OBS

A transactor expecting to acquire a currency, or to have to make a payment in it, at a future time, may sell or buy the currency forward, thus covering himself against any changes in its exchange value in the intervening period.

Key term(s)
  • foreign exchange forward market

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • marché de change à terme

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Mercado en el que se compran y venden divisas a tipo de cambio corrientes para entrega en fechas futuras especificadas.

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Record 2 2008-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

The claim to sell or purchase securities, foreign currencies, and so on, at a fixed price at a given future date.

OBS

forward market: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Marché dans lequel se déroulent des opérations à terme, c'est-à-dire, pour lesquelles le règlement et la livraison des valeurs négociées ont lieu à une date postérieure à la négociation.

OBS

Le marché à terme s'applique aux marchandises, valeurs mobilières, devises. Voir les termes «marché à terme sur marchandises» et «marché des changes à terme».

OBS

marché à terme : terme extrait du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduit avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

À la bourse des valeurs en France, le marché s'appelle «règlement mensuel» (RM).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Inversiones
DEF

Cualquier mercado en el que se venden y compran promesas de compra y venta de valores y mercancías en una fecha futura determinada a precios fijos.

OBS

Un ejemplo de mercado a [plazo] es el mercado de cambios a futuro.

OBS

mercado a plazo: término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • mercado a futuro
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