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How to pronounce DAX and CAC40

kylera

kylera

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Is there a standard way to pronounce or say DAX (German stock exchange) or CAC40 (French stock exchange)? Do you say D-ah-x, or D-A-X?
 
I don't know about DAX, but CAC40 is pronounced in French like it's a word. Something like kɑk and then quarante (forty in French).

Search for videos on youtube, and you'll hear native speakers pronounce it.
 
juanm said:
I don't know about DAX, but CAC40 is pronounced in French like it's a word. Something like kɑk and then quarante (forty in French).

Search for videos on youtube, and you'll hear native speakers pronounce it.
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Thanks, though it may be easier to just let CNN or CNBC drone on in the background.
 
I've heard the DAX pronounced on Marketplace (a business/financial show on NPR) as "Dacks." Rhymes with stacks.
 
twietee said:
Germany. And actually you're right with Dacks (or even Dachs), but only if you pronounce it as a german would do. I assume you pronounce it more like (M)acs?
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Yep. Macs, stacks, hacks, racks...

By the way, kylera, in keeping with the stock market theme, the main London based index I hear about is the FTSE 100. Called the "footsie." In Hong Kong, there's the HSI - just the initialism is used. And the Nikkei in Japan is just "the Nikkei." ("Knee kay.")

That's all I know about foreign stocks. 😱
 
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