Market price is an economic concept with commonplace familiarity; it is the price that a good or service is offered at, or will fetch, in the marketplace; it is of interest mainly in the study of microeconomics. Market value and market price are equal only under conditions of market efficiency, equilibrium, and rational expectations.
Market price is just one of a number of ways of establishing the monetary value of a good or a transaction. Others include historical cost, the resource cost of the good or service, an appraised value (such as the discounted present value), economic value, intrinsic value, and others. The manner in which the stock market price is presented is by market quoting. This is used for technical analysis of stock markets. Stock quoting is an important feature in market prices.
