Definition of rangebound in US English:
rangebound
adjectiveˈrān(d)ZHˌboundˈrān(d)ZHˌbound
(generally of market prices) not straying outside a particular range.
the euro remained rangebound, faltering again in its attempt to regain recent highs
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘As such, the market should be able to break out of the rangebound consolidation and head for a sustainable upswing after the uncertainty over Saturday's polls is out of the way,’ he said.
- Bangkok share prices closed little changed, with the market rangebound as investors watched developments in oil prices and Hurricane Rita's progress toward major US energy facilities in Texas.
- The Canadian dollar is marginally higher in continued narrow, rangebound trading early Monday, though the currency is generally seen as retaining a defensive bias following last week's move to the weaker extremes of its trading range.