market value

market value
The value of a financial instrument based upon the price at which a financial instrument is purchased or sold or the price at which it could presumably be purchased or sold. For an equity instrument, the product of the number of shares times the market price. For a debt instrument, the product of the par or current face times the market price. American Banker Glossary
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(1) The price at which a security is trading and could presumably be purchased or sold. (2) What investors believe a firm is worth; calculated by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current market price of a firm's shares. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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The current value of all commodities held in a performance bond account. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary
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The number of shares in issue multiplied by their current market price. Exchange Handbook Glossary

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market value market value ➔ value1

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market value UK US noun [C or U]
► (also market price) COMMERCE the price that something could be sold for at a particular time: market value for sth »

The total market value for the five-bedroom house was $127,498.

► STOCK MARKET the total value of a company's shares, or of all companies together on a particular stock market: »

The company's market value is about $5 billion.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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