what is spot price
What is the 'Spot Price' A spot price is the current price in the marketplace at which a given asset such as a security, commodity or currency can be bought or sold for immediate delivery. While spot prices are specific to both time and place, in a global economy the spot price of most securities or commodities tends to be fairly uniform worldwide. In contrast to spot price, a security, commodity or currency's futures price is its expected value at a specified future time and place. BREAKING DOWN 'Spot Price'