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• After a weak opening (= one with falling prices ) , Stockholm equities recovered to close mostly higher.
• Oil and gasoline prices ended higher in moderate trading after a strong opening (= one with rising prices ) .
• A number of celebrities attended the opening of his new restaurant.
• last year's opening of the capital market to foreigners
• a gradual opening up of the EU market to Japanese car makers
• With markets declining, banks have fewer openings for merger specialists.
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A week after the opening of the restaurant, cars were queueing up all along the street.
»Pre-tax profits rose, with new store openings running, on average, at three a month.
a grand/an official opening »The store is still committed to its grand opening in October.
»an opening ceremony
One worker at the store criticized the problems caused by 24-hour opening.
»Our hours of opening are 8am to 6pm.
»Most stores have late opening in the run-up to Christmas.
They have openings for carpenters and electricians.
»The company has about 50 job openings.
The failure of this project has left an opening in the market.
The deal was announced ahead of the stock market opening.
a strong/weak opening »A weak opening on the US markets intensified London selling.
Since China's opening to the outside world in 1978, the market economy system has been almost entirely established.
opening of sth »It is hoped that the agreement will pave the way for an opening of American borders.
Because of the opening of electric power markets in the US, many new opportunities presented themselves closer to home.
The speaker will make a few opening remarks.
The Dow Jones quickly turned an opening 53-point rise into a 162-point loss.