(plural materializations) 1  The conversion of something into a physical form. ( 2 physics) The conversion of energy into mass.
Market Order-- to sell Hutchison: sell Hutchison now at whatever prevailing market price. Usually one will get the stock at the ask price of the moment when the order reaches the exchange. Sometimes, one gets a series of partial trades (partially filled orders) at different prices, the shares of which add up to 2000.
This is the opposite of the ask, which stipulates the price a seller is willing to accept for a security and the quantity of the security to be sold at that price. 1. An example of a bid in the market would be $23.53 x 1,000, which means that an investor is willing to purchase 1,000 shares at the price of $23.53. If a seller in the market is willing to sell that amount for that price, then the transaction is completed. 2. Market makers are vital to the efficiency and liquidity of the marketplace. By quoting both bid and ask prices on the market, they always allow investors to buy or sell a security if they need to.