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Market price

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Market price
The last reported price at which a security was traded on an exchange.

market price
The price at which a security trades in the secondary market.

Market price. A security's market price is the price at which it is currently trading in an organized market.

A good indication of the market price of a stock selling on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or the Nasdaq Stock Market is the last reported transaction price.

However, if you give a market order to buy securities, then market price means the current ask, or offer. If you give a market order to sell, market price means the current bid.



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