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how to pull specific stock close price for various dates

by Prof. Aryanna Borer Published 3 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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Use the "Historical Stock Price Values" tool on the MarketWatch website to find stock prices for a specific date. Enter the symbol of the stock, or a keyword for the company if you don’t know the stock symbol, into the first box in the tool. Then enter the date into the second box and press the arrow button to see the stock’s movement on that day, including the closing stock price.

Enter the company's ticker symbol in the search box and click the "Get Quotes" button. Click on the "Historical Prices" or similar link. Enter the date or the interval of time you want to look up in the "Set Date Ranges" boxes. Select "Daily" and click on the "Get Prices" button.

Full Answer

How do I find the closing price of a stock?

Enter the symbol of the stock, or a keyword for the company if you don’t know the stock symbol, into the first box in the tool. Then enter the date into the second box and press the arrow button to see the stock’s movement on that day, including the closing stock price.

How do I find stock prices for a specific date?

Use the "Historical Stock Price Values" tool on the MarketWatch website to find stock prices for a specific date. Enter the symbol of the stock, or a keyword for the company if you don’t know the stock symbol, into the first box in the tool.

Where can I find historical pricing data for stocks?

In addition to pricing data, you can also look at historical dividends and stock splits. If you're just looking for the three major U.S. indices, then the chart on our Markets Today page features historical pricing for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq.

How do I convert a ticker list to a stock table?

(Note: converting your ticker list into a Table isn’t required, it just makes this feature easier to use). You can select the tickers, then click the Data > Stocks command in the Data Types group. When you do, Excel attempts to convert those static text values into stocks (Figure 2).

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How do I find the closing price of a stock on a certain date?

Use the "Historical Stock Price Values" tool on the MarketWatch website to find stock prices for a specific date. Enter the symbol of the stock, or a keyword for the company if you don't know the stock symbol, into the first box in the tool.

How do I find the price of a stock for a certain date in Excel?

The formula is tied to the date entered in cell F5, which can be changed at any time. In this version, end_date is left blank, interval is set to 0 for daily, headers is set to 0 (no headers), and the final argument is property1, which is given as 1 to retrieve the price. More on STOCKHISTORY properties here.

Can Excel pull historical stock prices?

The Excel STOCKHISTORY function retrieves historical stock price information based on a given symbol and date range. The primary purpose of STOCKHISTORY is to get the history of a financial instrument over time. The result is an array of values that spill onto the worksheet into multiple cells.

How do you pull historical stock data?

Internet Sources for Historical Market & Stock DataYahoo! Finance - Historical Prices. ... Dow Jones Industrial Averages. Historical and current performance data. ... S&P Indices. Historical performance data.IPL Newspaper Collection. ... Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. ... FINRA: Market Data Center.

How do I create a stock tracker in Excel?

You can use basic Excel knowledge to create rules, spot trends, and compare stocks with the stock data pulled into Excel.Step 1: New Workbook & Tickers. ... Step 2: Stock Data Types. ... Step 3: Stock Widget. ... Step 4: More Stock Info. ... Step 5: Personal Investment Info. ... Step 6: Rules for Sell/Hold. ... Step 7: Aggregating Returns & Equity.

How do I use the stock history function in Excel?

1:0213:10How to Get Stock History Data Automatically in Excel 365 - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipSo you have to have an excel 365 subscription from microsoft. You can't use the older versions ofMoreSo you have to have an excel 365 subscription from microsoft. You can't use the older versions of excel or the standalone excel 2019. However if you do any stock analysis whatsoever in excel.

Getting Historical Quotes on Securities

If you're looking for a historical range of data on an individual security then you can use Investopedia's Markets section to find what you need.

Getting Historical Quotes on Indices

If you're just looking for the three major U.S. indices, then the chart on our Markets Today page features historical pricing for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq.

Where Else to Find Historical Quotes

There are several other resources online to find historical price quotes. Online brokerage sites such as eTrade and TD Ameritrade or apps like Robinhood will have both real-time and historical quote data for customers and usually limited access for non-customers as well.

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