The stock market is essentially a giant auction wherein  it’s ownership of a  businesses that’s up for grabs. Stocks are traded at places called exchanges. At these exchanges, traders buy and sell shares of companies. Generally, the price of a stock is determined by supply and demand. For example, if there are more people wanting to buy a stock than to sell it, the price will be driven up because those shares are rarer and people will pay a higher price for them. On the other hand, if there are a lot of shares for sale and no one is interested in buying them, the price will quickly fall.Because of this, the market can appear to fluctuate widely. Even if there is nothing wrong with a company, a large shareholder who is trying to sell millions of shares at a time can drive the price of the stock down, simply because there are not enough people interested in buying the stock he is trying to sell.Because there is no real demand for the company he is selling, he is forced to accept a lower price.Thats how the prices of stock go up and down.

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