How to Read Google Finance Charts
If you are interested in the stock market and want to look at financial data in charts, you might prefer to read Google Finance charts on your computer with a Web browser. Google Finance is a free service that enables you to instantly create charts for stock indexes and stocks for specific companies. You can customize the view of a chart to see data for a range of time, and you can compare the performance of one stock with another.
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Instructions
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Log into your Google account.
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Click the "More" link at the top of the page and then click "Finance." A "Market Summary" chart appears at the top of the page, giving you a quick look at the day's market activity.
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Look at the blue line to see Dow Jones fluctuations for the day in the chart from morning until the end of the day. Look at the red line to see the S&P 500 level, and see the yellow line for Nasdaq changes. Click the chart to see expanded data for past months, and click a link next to "Zoom" at the top of the chart, such as "1Y" (for one year) "10Y" or "All" to get historical records.
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Type a company's name in the "Add Symbol" box and then click "Add to Portfolio."
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Click the name of a company in the "My Portfolio" box at the top of the page to see a chart about that company's stock. The bottom of the chart is the time axis, showing data for a given day, week, month or other period, which you select by clicking the corresponding link at the top of the chart. The numbers on the right side of the chart indicate trading volume for the stock.
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Click "Settings" below the chart on the right, and then click an option to select it, such as "News Flags" or "Dividends," to add that data to the chart.
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Click the check box next to the name of an index at the top of the chart, such as "Dow Jones," or a company to select it and add its data to the chart. Use this feature to compare multiple stocks and indexes in one chart, with each index or stock having its own colored line.
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Hover the pointer over any area on the chart to see data for a specific time period in the upper left of the chart.
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