What is the difference between primary market and secondary market?

[jagadheesh]

Primary Market         : When a company publicly sells new stocks for the first time to the investors directly by using IPO.

Secondary Market     : The stock transaction will happen between  investors only..the company with the stock being traded doesn’t participant in the

transaction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ragunathan]

Primary market: The companies which sells their shares to the public by using IPO to raise their capital.

Secondary market: The buyers who bought their shares in primary market, they can sell their shares in this market only.

[Aravindan]

Companies use Primary market to collect capital and issue shares to the public for the first time.

Secondary market is where the shares are traded (bought and Sold) subsequently by the public and shareholders.

[NAMBITHURAI]

In primary market , Promoter raises the capital required for starting a company through IPO.

In Secondary market, company listed equity shares are being traded.

[Ramesh Selvaraj]

Primary Market is the place where we buy share directly from the Company, The secondary market is the place where we buy/sell shares from existing buyer and seller.

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