How does the Stock market work?

Well the stock market is a place where you can buy and sell shares which are small portions of companies. It works with 2 forces buying and selling very similar to the demand and supply concepts of economics. If there are more buyers for a stock the demand will increase the price. Similarly if there are more sellers the price of the stock will go down. Since this happens on a daily basis the prices of stocks keep fluctuating and people take advantage of this to buy low and sell high. http://www.moneyworks4me.com/

hi there !!

I'm a regular trader and I use gnutrade trading platform which offers 16 instruments to trade as a whole. for that platform the price feeds come from Bloomberg Price Feeds.

And regarding prices moving up and down..it all depends on the volatility of the markets. Fluctuations happen in the prices due to several factors. Many factors affect the prices and few such may be unemployment rate, housing prices, recession etc etc...

I hope this answer has given you some idea.

The shares prices get affected because of psychological behavoiur of human beings.

It's the appraisal or view of financial community that affects a particular stock.

The stock markets are one big auction market where members meet to buy and sell securities either for themselves or for their clients

The stocks are traded in an auction type of market where the highest bidder and the lowest offering meet and try to buy or sell the security,

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The price and value of investments and their income fluctuates: you may get back less than the amount you invested. Remember that how an investment performed in the past is not a guide to how it will perform in the future. If you are in any doubt about investing in these types of investments, you should consult a financial adviser.

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