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Unit 8 Reading Stock Quotes

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YTD% Year to date percent changethe stock price percent change from January 1st of the current year
52-Week high & LowShows the highest and lowest prices the stock was sold per share during the last 52 weeks
StockEach company's stock is provided with an abbreviated trading symbol name
DIV Dividends per sharethe total paid to common stockholders per share
YLD% Dividends yield percentagethe dividend expressed as a percentage of the price of the share.
P/E - Price/earnings ratiothe closing price of the share compared to the annual earnings per share
VOL 100sthe number of transactions to the share on the reported day, represented in hundreds (take the number and add two zeros)
HIGH & LOWthese entries represent the high and low selling prices of one share of stock for the previous day
CLOSEthe price of the last share sold for the day
NET CHG - Net Changethe difference between the closing price of the share from the prior day and the current day. A lass is indicated by a minus sign.



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