Another way to view the current condition of the market as a whole is to view the Market Indices page.
Market Indices are complex computations that help analysts determine market trends. View index quotations for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, NASDAQ and many other stock indices.
The following actions are available on this page:
Click "Add to Watch List" -- Adds the symbol to your currently active "Watch List."
Click "Charts" -- Generates an Intraday Chart for the symbol.
Click "News" -- Brings up news headlines for the symbol.
MARKET INDICES |
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| Index | The Index's officially registered stock symbol. |
| Last | The price of the most recently executed transaction. Last often toggles between the Bid and the Ask. |
| Change | The difference between the Last price and the Close price. |
| %Change | The percentage difference between the Last price and the Close price. |
| Prev Cls | The final transacted price before the market closed yesterday. |
| High | The highest price today that a trade was executed on the given security. |
| Low | The lowest price today that a trade was executed on the given security. |
| Open | The price of the security when the market opened today. |