How to Read a Stock Quote Table?

Reading a detailed stock quote table helps you understand what is going on with the company's shares int the stock market. Besides getting the latest price on a stock, you also get other information that will help judge investor sentiment for that day.

Explanation of what goes into a stock quote table:

Name and Ticker Symbol: The company name which appears on top of the table.

Lastest Price: This is the last price on which the stock traded.

Percentage Change: The difference between the last traded price of the stock and the price of the previous close.

Volume: The number of shares traded on that day.

Day's High: The highest price that the stock traded at during the current trading day.

Day's Low: The lowest price that on which the stock traded during the current trading day.

Open: The price of stock on that trade of the day i.e. the intial price.

Previous Close: The last price traded of the stock from the previous trading day.

52 Week High: The highest price on which the stock reached during the last 52 weeks or 1 Year.

52 Week Low: The lowest price on whcih the stock reached during the last 52 weeks or 1 year.

Market Cap: The current market value of the company. The market capitalization is calculated by taking the current market price of the share and multiplying it by the number of shares outstanding.