Comments on: Stock Market?

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By: BRad

BRad — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:10:39 +0000

Hey Man, interesting question! First you need to know that there are way more tricky symbols and abvr. to understand with stocks. Your local newspaper will have a list of the symbols and show you what they mean, that would be a good start for you. However the information in your question shows that it sold last for $27.87 and that throughout the day over 45million sells or buys were reported for that stock. Finally to figure out how much money you would have made you would have to use a financial equation from a book. The %change is exactly what it sounds like; how much the stock changed over the course of the day presented as a percentage. Hope thats cool man, good luck.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:38:48 +0000

There’s a lot to know, but you’ve hit on a few of the basic.

“$ Last Trade” is the price at which the last trade was made. A trade being someone selling stock to someone else. It’s basically the “going price” of a share of stock.

Volume is the number of shares that traded hands during the day.

Change (%, and $) is the change between yesterday’s closing price and the current price ($ Last Trade). I’m not sure if your “-” is a dash or a negative sign. Below, I’ve assumed it’s a negative sign. If it’s a dash, then change my “loss” to “gain.”

In this case, the current price is $27.87. When the market closed last night, the price was $27.87 + $0.12 or $27.99.

If you bought at the closing price ($27.99) and then sold right now ($27.87), you’d have lost 12 cents per share. If you had 100 shares, you’d have lost $12 plus commissions paid to your broker.

Keep in mind that “last trade” is not necessarily the price you’ll get for buying or selling. Price fluctuates (more so on certain stocks than others). Plus, the information is usually at least 20 minutes old.

By: Michael D

Michael D — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:11:00 +0000

$ last trade- is just that, how much a share of a particular stock sold for in the last trade.
Volume – total shares being traded
$ change – the $ value the stock has changed in a given period of time
% change – the percent a stock has changed in a given period of time.

Hope this helps!

By: bodotdot

bodotdot — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:02:55 +0000

This is the most basic of all stock info. In order, what you’re looking at is the stock’s current trading price, the amount of shares traded today, the difference in price from yesterday’s close, and that difference expressed as a percentage. It’s one of the most basic pieces of info you need to know before making any decisions.