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Stock Market. Loading the player... What is the 'Stock Market'. The stock market refers to the collection of markets and exchanges where the issuing and trading of equities (stocks of publicly held companies), bonds and other sorts of securities takes place, either through formal exchanges or over-the-counter markets.
Some of the main stock market exchanges are the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Swiss Exchange, London Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. As of 2015, the Shanghai Stock Exchange opens at 9:30 a.m. and closes at 3 p.m. local time, and it has a lunch period from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.