What causes stock prices to move?
There are many reasons why a stock price may move. Often a rise or decline in the share price cannot make sense to an investor and share price reactions to certain events can seem counterintuitive. Here we discuss the main reasons for share price movements. Company Reporting As we have seen during the reporting season, stock prices have moved significantly once a company has released its results. Most of time, if the market is expecting better numbers than what was …