Reading Stock Quotes Investing Part 2 Mr. Stasa – Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools

Stock Quote

Last trade is the last trade price the stock was sold at. Change is the rise or loss in price within the past few seconds. (Does not reflect overall history of price, ONLY recent)

Previous close is what the trade price was at the close of the previous day. Open is what the trade price was at the opening of the day. The stock market is open from 9:30am – 4pm Monday through Friday.

Bid is the highest price that a brokerage firm has announced it’s willing to pay for a share of stock at 100 shares. Ask is the lowest price that a firm has said it’s willing to sell a particular stock at 100 shares.

Day’s High and Day’s Low are the maximum and minimum prices that a stock has varied by over the course of the day

52 week range are the maximum and minimum prices stock has sold for over the course of the last year

Volume is the total number of shares of stock that have been traded throughout a single day Does not specify if they were bought or sold. Average volume is the average amount of stocks that have been traded in the past 3 months

The dividend rate is the amount a company pays to its investors per share on a quarterly basis.