Opening Price

Opening price is the price of a security at the beginning of the trading day. It is a good indicator for people interested in making short-time trades, as a security’s opening price can help determining the day’s trading momentum. It is important to note that a security’s opening price may not always be the same as its previous day’s closing price. For example; if good news for a particular company comes after day’s closing, there would an increase in the stock’s demand thus raising the fair/expected price from previous day’s close.