Charts

Stocks Overview

Charts

Initially, the Charts section graphs the price of the selected security over a period of time (1 day, 5 days, 1 month, 1 year, or 5 years). You can also compare the security with any or all of the following indices:

• TSX Comp

The TSX Composite is the main index for the Toronto Stock Exchange. This index is composed of approximately 250 of the largest TSX listed companies, with representation across all major industry/sector groups.

• TSX Venture

The TXS Venture is the junior market, composed largely of early stage companies that have minimal revenue and usually no earnings. For example, resource (pre-discovery) exploration companies list and raise funds for their exploration programs on the Venture Exchange. TSX Venture also has an index, which is a broad measure of the stock market performance of its largest companies, but it is far more speculative given the early stage nature of the companies that list on Venture.

• DJIA

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted average of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. The DJIA was invented by Charles Dow back in 1896.

• S&P 500

An index of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry grouping, among other factors. The S&P 500 is designed to be a leading indicator of U.S. equities and is meant to reflect the risk/return characteristics of the large cap universe.

• NASDAQ

A computerized system that facilitates trading and provides price quotations on more than 5,000 of the more actively traded over the counter stocks. Created in 1971, the Nasdaq was the world's first electronic stock market.

You select an index to compare the stock to by clicking in the coloured box beside the index. The colour of the box represents the colour of the index performance in the chart. To compare the stock to the TSX click the red TSX Comp check box. The chart will display TSX Comp performance to the performance of the security over a specific period of time.

For example, the following chart compares the selected stock with the TSX Comp index. When you select an index, the price chart changes to a percentage chart.

Click Advanced Chart to go to the Charts page for the selected security.