Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stock-index_futures

1 sense of stock-index futures

Sense 1
stock-index futures -- (a futures contract based on a stock index; a bet on the future price of the indexed group of stocks)
       => futures contract -- (an agreement to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a stipulated future date; the contract can be sold before the settlement date)