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The market price of a share of stock is determined by the forces of demand and supply. Shares represent partitions in the ownership of a company.
Market price is the price at which a buyer is willing to buy and a seller is willing to sell.
Actually nobody. The price of a company's share is determined by the demand and supply theory and not by any individual. During an IPO, the price is determined by the lead underwriters to the IPO issue. But once the stock gets listed, the demand and supply drives the price of the stock. If a stock has heavy demand and limited supply, the price of the stock goes up. Similarly if a stock has little demand and heavy supply, the price goes down.
The traders in the stock market are important as they essentially control the share price which is determined by share holders. The traders can often influence the market with their purchasing decisions as a whole.
It depends what stock market you are buying. For example, Face-book is above $100 per share. Though if you want the average here is some steps; The average price per share is determined by dividing the cost of acquiring the shares by the number of shares purchased. The average price per share can seem complicated to determine if an investor has purchased different quantities of a stock at different prices. An example of determining an average price per share would be a purchase of 150 shares of XYZ Corp. at $10.58 per share and 300 shares at $8.96 per share. What is the average price per share of the 450 shares? In this case the average price per share is determined by dividing the total cost of the shares ($4,275), by 450 (the number of shares purchased). Using this simple formula the average price per share paid for the XYZ Corp. was $9.50. The average price per share is important to know fortax purposes and the average price per share also determines the break-even point for a stock.
GM stock price in 1984 was- $73.9375 a share.
Once a company goes public and its shares start trading on a stock exchange, its share price is determined by supply and demand in the market. If there is a high demand for its shares, the price will increase.
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A share of stock sells for its market price, the current available price to purchase listed on a stock exchange.
Share price refers to the price of a particular company's share that is being traded in any stock marketat that particular time.
gold prices are determined on the basis of stock market.