Financial term referring to the overall feeling or tone of a market, as reflected by activity and price movement. Used in contexts like stock markets or foreign exchange.
Today in the Tokyo market, sentiment was poor and selling dominated.
為替の場味は、米雇用統計の発表を前に様子見ムードだ。
The forex market sentiment is in a wait-and-see mood ahead of the US employment report.
Compound of 場 (ba, 'place, market') and 味 (aji, 'taste, flavor'), literally 'market flavor'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a conventional financial term.