Leading stock (龍頭股 / 龙头股), which is usually applied to the stock market of

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of a certain company which has leading status in their business field, including scope, market share, market capitalization,

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. Sometimes, leading stock may lead or influence prices of other stocks in the same business field to rise or drop. However, leading stock is not immutable; its status may last for a period of time before being replaced by others with more leading power.

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