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What is the difference between primary and secondary markets?
The primary market is the name given to the space where new securities are created and issued for the first time. The secondary market, on the other hand, is where existing securities are traded between investors. Let’s understand this better:
When a company raises capital through the stock market, it issues an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the primary market. Here, investors buy shares directly from the company.
After the IPO lists in the market, traders and investors are free to buy and sell the existing shares of the company. The space where this transaction takes place is referred to as the secondary market. Broking firms such as Bajaj Broking help investors buy and sell shares in this market.
This is the basic difference between the primary and secondary market.
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