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Minus

The symbol (-) that precedes the change figure in a stock table to indicate a closing sale lower than that of the previous day.

Minus

1. Informal; a security with a closing price lower than its opening price.

2. See: Minus tick.

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However, the optimism index for the current labor market, fell from minus 24.8 in June to minus 25.2 in July, according to the survey.

Confidence in Taiwan's local economy rebounds in July: survey

The Major Purchase Index slid to negative territory, at minus 2 in June, down three points from May.

UK Consumer Confidence Slides As Personal Financial Worries Weigh

The minimum temperatures in Pahalgam (One of the base camps for the annual Amarnath yatra in south Kashmir), Kargil and Gulmarg were minus 8 degrees Celsius, minus 17 and minus 10, respectively.

Dal Lake freezes partially as mercury dips in Kashmir

On the list, Lijodi Bruno had an A minus of 80 points.Other students with A minuses were Kevin Kiplagat (79 points), Shitialo Ali (79 points), Atozo Hawkins (79 points) and Winston Kwesha (79 points).

Booker Academy girl Joan Omukaga Nekoye among top performers

The National Weather Service said Friday that temperatures in the Berkshire mountains in western Massachusetts could seem like a frosty minus 35 degrees, parts of New Hampshire and Maine could experience minus 45, and Vermont's mountain regions could feel like minus 50 degrees.

US East Coast set for sub-zero temperatures

Sheikh Khalifa had 10 students who had managed an A- (minus) for those had already received their results.

KCSE 2017: Mombasa top schools, students celebrate A minus grades

They were in action in the minus 54-kilogram, minus 58-kilogram, minus 63-kilogram, minus 68-kilogram, minus 74-kilogram, minus 80-kilogram, minus 87-kilogram and over 87-kilogram weight categories.

Iran's Karate Athletes Gets 1 Gold, 4 Silver Medals in Poland Tournament

On this day in 1949, the temperature dropped to minus 13 degrees.

Winter returns to Kyrgyzstan; country awaits for new temperature record

How can you possibly make sense of this, especially when people from Templeton are weighing in with minus 15, minus 17 and minus 28?

Can't we all just be precise?

The indicator, based on consumer surveys in 16 of the 18 nations that use the euro currency, had languished below minus 10 for two and a half years, a graph released with the announcement showed.

Consumer confidence picks up in eurozone, EU data shows

Jammu and Kashmir is reeling under a spate of cold waves, with temperatures in some places dropping overnight to a low of almost minus 14 degree Celsius, the met Office has said.

Cold Waves Hit Jammu and Kashmir: Temperatures Drop to Minus 13.8 Degree Celsius

It is a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hollows can dip below minus 133.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 92 degrees Celsius) on a clear winter night -- colder than the previous recorded low temperature.