What is the difference between primary market and secondary market?

[Neha Narayanan]

Primary Market is a market where shares are issued for the first time by companies for meeting their fund requirements. It has no physical location.
Secondary Market is a platform for trading, i.e; buying and selling of existing shares of the company. Transfer of ownership rights of shares takes place

[Sivaraj Muthusamy]

Primary Market is a Place where company raises funds through IPO by selling their Shares first time in public Market trough advertisements.

Secondary Market or Stock Market is a place where a person can sell the shares(bought during IPO or from someone) to another buyer.

[dhanalakshmi]

PRIMARY MARKETS means investors buy the securities directly from the company.
While SECONDARY MARKET investors trade the securities among themselves

[KAVITHA SUNDER]

Primary Market is where the company issues shares directly to public to raise capital for their business expansion.
The secondary market, also called the aftermarket, is the financial market in which previously issued financial instruments such as stock.

[Rajesh]

Primary Market: Company directly meets people to get share.
Secondary Market: When a stock market involved between share holder and company, then it is called secondary market. Share holder can buy or sell the shares of the company through stock exchange.

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