Following your shares
If you have splashed your cash on some shares, here's how to keep a close eye on those investments.
There are a number of ways that you can check the daily price of shares
- The easiest way is to look at one of the many financial websites that offer share information and up to the minute prices. Most plc websites will display their own share price.
- For a share price that is updated during the day, you can also check TV text services such as Ceefax.
- Some newspapers, such as the FT, contain a financial section that share prices.
Most share listings contain a number of columns that give you information about the shares. Here's what all the abbreviations mean:
- Price This is the mid-market price of one share which is worked out at the close of business on the day before the newspaper is printed
- + or - This section shows whether the share price has gone up (+) or down (-) since the day before and by how much.
- 52 week high/low This shows the highest and lowest prices that shares in the company have sold for during the year.
- Volumes 000's This tells you how many of the company's shares were bought and sold on the day before.
- P/E This is the price to earnings ratio. It gives an idea of how much a share is making compared to how much it costs.
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