spot market

English

Noun

spot market (plural spot markets)

1. (trading, economics, finance) A market in which commodities are bought and sold for immediate delivery, with delivery usually taking place in the same or next business day.

   The price on the futures market depends in part on the price on the spot market.

Related terms

• on the spot

Translations

market

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現貨市場／现货市场 (xiànhuò shìchǎng)

• Dutch: spotmarkt (nl) f
• Finnish: spot-markkinat pl
• Spanish: mercado al contado m

See also

• futures market
• commodity

Anagrams

• postmarket