How or why do stock prices change and who changes them? Is it an automated system that raises prices if people keep buying and vice versa?
In: Economics
The price quoted is the last price trades took place at.
At any given time, there will generally be plenty of investors willing to buy shares at lower prices, and sell shares at higher prices than that last trade price. If someone decides they want to immediately buy or sell more shares than others are willing to trade at that price, the order will fill at the next best available price, and the quoted last price will reflect that trade.
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