Secondary Market

Secondary market is the market for trading outstanding securities among the investors. Outstanding securities means are the securities were issued in the primary market to the investors on return of amount paid to the underwriter bank. In primary market money is paid to the investors but incase of secondary market one investors pays to others investors.

For Example – AT & T shares purchase in the new York stock exchange is the secondary market transaction as the shares were floated there after initial public offering which occurred in the primary market.