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gap definition - finance
  1. In trading terms, the price movement when the opening price of a trading day is higher or lower than the previous dayÂ’s level, which leaves a gap on the price chart. In that situation, a stock or futures contract is said to gap open lower or higher.
  2. A companyÂ’s lack of financing, such as a gap of $1 million that hasnÂ’t been filled by investors.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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