The Stock Market - How It Works and Why It Moves

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The NYSE and Nasdaq match buyers and sellers on one slide, then supply and demand push a stock price up or down before the percent-change formula turns a $50 share rising to $58 into a plus-16 percent move, closing on bull markets against bear ones.

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