thin market

Due to a relatively thin market in the stock, the share price would climb.

Thin markets with few participants can result from fluctuations in water supply.

Silver has a history of volatility and is a thinner market than gold.

But analysts said the rally was exaggerated by thin market conditions.

And many traders are away on vacation, leaving a thinner market in which to buy or sell.

"That's a thin market in an $11 billion industry," he said.

On the Continent, manufacturers of muesli held a thin market share.

"But today's move was exaggerated by thin market conditions and a few chunky orders."

"Part of it probably had to do with the fact that it was such a thin market.

Kidd complained about the team's thin marketing efforts that did not promote him.

That left dealers a little short, and eager to cover their positions quickly in the thin market."

But the fact is we had a very thin market today, which always lends itself to exaggerated price moves."

In a thin market like yesterday's, small trades can have an exaggerated effect on the market.

When a few traders started selling into yesterday's thin market, others followed suit and prices plunged, she said.

He also contended that too much transparency could increase volatility in thin markets.

"It is purely technical trading in a thin market."

But this was because of its thinner market."

These stores market a life style, rather than catering to a thin market segment.

"In a thin market, the one block was able to push prices below technical support levels, and that caused additional selling," he said.

The last day of trading in that contract is today, and some traders say the upswing was accelerated by the thin market.

That portfolio managers would choose to take profits in a predictably thin market was not the only surprise of the day.

The main central banks exploited yesterday's thin market to launch another visible assault on the dollar.

Option contracts, however, tend to have thinner markets than futures contracts.

"It's a pretty thin market," said one trader.

AS the music industry slices itself into ever thinner market fragments, the language of music critics is dutifully following along.