noun
morning session; morning trading
Specifically refers to the morning trading session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, typically from 9:00 to 11:30. Contrasts with 後場 (ごば), the afternoon session.
See also: 後場
前場の取引は活発だった。
Trading was active in the morning session.
前場の終わりにかけて株価が上がった。
Stock prices rose toward the end of the morning session.
後場 is the afternoon trading session (12:30–15:00), while 前場 is the morning session.
Compound of 前 (ぜん, 'before, front') and 場 (ば, 'place, market'), literally 'front market', referring to the first part of the trading day.