Stocks & Shares prices over the weekend?

Question

When the price of a stock is given at the end of the day on a friday, is it the same when the market re-opens on a monday morning and if not then why is there a change?

Are there any websites or literature (newspapers) that actually educate people with little information such as this and others regarding stocks and shares?

Thank You x

Answer 1

The closing price on Friday is the last trade of the day. The opening price on Monday is the first trade of Monday. So the share price is most likely going to change just like it does throughout each day as trades are made. Since investors have had two days to evaluate relevant news the perceived value is more likely to change significantly.

After-hours and premarket trading shows an intermediate valuation. But since many of those trades are speculative in nature they shouldn't be perceived as a reliable indication of what is going to happen on Monday.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

Stock prices are determined at the close of business which is 4.30pm in England basically on the trading systems used which is SETS for FTSE 100 stocks they have a Uncrossing algorithom then the price for the highest trade and the lowest trade is established in each stock this happens over 30 seconds they then take the half way mark between these two prices and that is the close of business price. Other countries all around the world list the same Stocks as us for instance America's trading day starts at around our 3pm and then you have the far eastern markets they all affect our opening prices too. If they tumble then our markets open low, if they rise then our markets generally open higher.

Try
www.iii.co.uk
www.lse.co.uk

Answer 5

Same mechanics as what happens overnight. After market close, a lot of people (like me) will sit and think and figure out what they want to do the next day and put their orders in the pile for execution the next day. When the market opens, well, there is this big pile to deal with. If you can get intra-day charts, have a look at the 5 minute or 1 minute charts for right around market opening time. The first hour is often seriously crazy.

Answer 6

I love Yahoo finance

http://finance.yahoo.com/

and the Investing Ed 101 & glossary about 1/2 way down on the left .

After-hours dealing or trading
Securities trading after regular trading hours on organized exchanges.
(from the glossary with the exchanges link highlighted)

But just because some one paid say $25 for a stock friday , does not mean the next buyer on monday will .
There may have been negative news and now they can only get $20 !
Also , your broker should have the option of enterintg your symbol with a .e for extended hours quote (after hours trading) .

I also like Schwab .

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Answer 7

The market maker adjusts the price according to demand

Answer 8

Can you clarify what exactly you mean by that.May be I can help you out.Anyways you can trade on normal trading days.

Answer 9

check this link its useful


http://phaturl.com/28

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