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Tags: financial markets
Categories: Economics & Finance
A stock market may be a physical place, sometimes known as a stock exchange, where brokers gather to buy and sell stocks and other securities.
The term is also used more broadly to include electronic trading that takes place over computer and telephone lines. In fact, in many markets around the world, all stock trading is handled electronically.
(source: http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Stock+Market)
Synonyms:
stock exchange
