Daily volume

Volume refers to the total number of shares of particular company traded in the stock market on a given day.

Usually multiple transactions in the scrips of a company take place every day. Every transaction has a buyer and a seller. Shares that are agreed to be exchanged during each such transaction is added to the total volume count once.  

BuyerSellerNo. of shares traded
AQ100
CR3600
XD178
Total volume3878