OEX

OEX definition - finance
The symbol for the Standard & PoorÂ’s 100 stock index, which comprises stocks that have options traded on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange. To pronounce it, say each of the letters: O-E-X. Options on the OEX are traded on major exchanges, such as the Chicago Board of Trade. Futures contracts are traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

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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