what is an equity market 
equities are the value of assets that traders have at their disposal an equity market also known a stock market is the place where investors meet to buy and sell stocks equity markets can be privately held stocks dealt via dealers on over the counter otc markets or can be publicly traded stocks on regulated exchanges such as nasdaq new york stock exchange and the dow jones in the united states or stock exchanges in europe asia and the middle east such as the london stock exchange ibex spain hang seng hong kong and tadawul saudi arabia most developed countries in the world have stock exchanges stock exchanges are heavily regulated as opposed to the unregulated otc markets 