Humanism made people during the Renaissance less religious. The renaissance focused more on secular things than religion.
Answer to this question it seems to be "A".
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The answer is nationalism (d)
I think the answer is increase an increase in demand for the stocks of similar companies. If all similar stocks would increase, the effect would also increase the stock price of a company. This is could be in consideration of sudden changes of factors in the market that gave basis for price increases. This might have created a standard of near prices for similar stocks.