Market Statistics

Indices

Market Statistics

This section provides valuable insight into the performance and movement (of individual companies) within the major North American indices:

• TSX Comp

• TSX Venture

• NYSE

• NASDAQ

• AMEX

Each index has its own tab. If you select an index, the colour-coded bar graphic demonstrates the number of companies advancing or declining in price and those that remain unchanged. You can mouse over the graphic to display the actual number of companies whose stock went up or down or remained unchanged in both number and percentage format.

Volume information about the selected exchange is shown in a colour-coded pie chart with statistics about the amount of Up Volume, Down Volume, Unchanged volume , Total Volume, and Average Volume for that market.

The number of shares traded per day, averaged over a period of time, usually one year.

The sum total volume of all stocks included in the index.

Add up the volume of all stocks that remained unchanged on a particular market to get the Unchanged Volume

Add up the volume of all stocks that traded downward on a particular market to get the Down Volume.

Add up the volume of all the stocks that traded upward on a particular market to get the Up Volume.

The overall amount of trading on a particular index.

Index-specific high and low information over a 52 week period is displayed using a colour-coded bar.