A stock market , equity market or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers of Stocks (also called shares), which represent ownership claims on businesses; these may include securities listed on a public Stocks exchange ers as well as stock that is only traded privately, such as shares of private companies which are sold to Investe through Equity or crowdfunding platforms. Investment in the stock market is most often done via Stocks brockers and electronic trading platform. Investment is usually made with an investment strategies in mind. Stock Exchange) Established in 1875, the Bombay stock exchangeis Asia's oldest stock exchange. Stocks can be categorized by the country where the company is domiciled. For example, Nesleand novever are domiciled in Switzerland and tr