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Stock Market is the market where listed companies share are traded. Regular activities of buying and selling or dealing in securities (including initial public offer) taken place in a formalized manner.
Stock Market provide the secure and regulated platform where market participants can deals with the securities. By assessing the market demand and supply and the performance of the company and market behaviour, it helps to discover the fair price of the securities.
Normally Stock Market are regulated and monitored so that the interest of the stakeholders can be protected as well as maintain the fair, orderly and efficient markets and facilitate capital formation. Like in US Market regulator name is Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), In India market regulator is Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
Market Price is the price on which the securities are actually traded in market which is determined at equilibrium point where the demand and supply of such securities are met.
Market Price of Coco-cola company is the price on which it is traded in the stock market. As per New York Stock Exchange, the market price per share of Coco-cola company is about $47.87 as on 18/04/2020.