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You might expect that today's opening price would be the same as yesterday's closing price but this isn't necessarily the case. When today's opening price isn't the same as yesterday's closing price (as in my example) this is known as a gap. In the hours between the closing trade one day and the following trading day's opening trade, a number of factors can affect a share price so gaps occur frequently.