How To Read Stocks
Note that stocks do not open at the same price that they closed at the day before due to after hours trading.
How to read stocks. This column gives you the highest price that particular stock has reached in the most recent 52 week period. This is the price of the stock for the last trade of the previous day. One of the most popular charting types incorporates stock quote data by highlighting the open high low and close. This column gives you the lowest price that particular stock has reached in the most recent 52 week period. To properly read stocks you must first understand what each column in the stock chart means.
This indicates the number of shares that have traded hands today.