What Is the Bid-Ask Spread

question 89

Multiple Choice

What is the bid-ask spread?

• A)the difference between the lowest price being quoted to sell a stock and the highest price being quoted to buy that stock
• B)all of the costs and fees that a stock exchange charges in order to process a transaction
• C)the rise or fall in the value of a stock between the time it is acquired by an investor and sold by that investor
• D)the difference in the selling price of a stock between different exchanges
• E)the change in the price of a stock from the market's open to the market's close

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