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Common Stock is a Credit. Closing Stock is a Debit.
Common stock has a credit normal balance so with debit it reduces while with credit it increases.
Common stock is a portion of capital of company and capital has a credit balance that's why common stock also has a credit balance and shown under owner's equity portion under liability side of balance sheet
Stock is an asset so it should always be a debit balance.
Common stock in company’s balance sheet is credit as it is the liability of the business to pay it back to it’s owners while it is debit in the investors balance sheet as it is asset of that company.