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As you no doubt know, share prices change from day to day, or indeed during the course of one day's trading. The price fluctuates because of market forces. If more shares are wanted by buyers than are available from sellers, the price rises. If more shares are for sale than buyers for them, the price falls. It's really as simple as that. Shares are like any other traded commodity such as real estate or collectables. Short supply (where supply is less than demand) drives prices higher as buyers scramble to get in. Oversupply (supply greater than demand) drives prices lower as sellers scramble to get out. In the sharemarket, there's a constant interaction between buyers and sellers and this causes share prices to fluctuate.