Apple is American so that means the current price of one share is $94.43. Other figures will be how much it has gone up or down in the past day, and 1w, 1m, 3m is what the price was a week, a month and 3 months ago. There should be a key somewhere to explain it all.

British shares are rather different.in that having one share worth that much is a bit off putting. Unless you've got $94.43, you can't buy even one share. It looks more flexible to split it up into smaller units, and big successful British companies with a share price that keeps going up often do this - if the share price is going up above a few pounds or so, they'll divide each share in half so you've got twice as many at half the price. And so in the tables in British newspapers, the price for British companies will be in pence, not pounds. If it actually is in pounds, there will be a pound sign to tell you.

If the price is quoted xd, this means "ex-dividend". Companies usually pay a dividend twice a year, and they will prepare the payments about 6 weeks before they pay. If you buy during those 6 weeks, the price is ex-dividend and will be a bit lower because you're not going to get the dividend, the previous owner of the shares will.

Unfortunately, nobody on Yahoo! Answers has the time to start someone off on the stock market from Square One. You'll have to look up the basics yourself.

I suggest you start at Investopedia. Learn everything you see there, and you'll have a better understanding of the stock market. Just remember: You can't learn about the stock market in a day, and certainly, not in a few comments. You need to actually dedicate months to years of just learning about how the system works.

Wait, and some other people will drop by and give you lists of books, if you're interested.

As for your specific inquiry, Apple costs $94.43 USD per share. It's an American stock. That percentage you see is the daily increase/decrease in price, from the closing price last day. The times are just the various scales you can view historical price data of a stock, on a chart.

I know a little about the stock market and shares. The only things I know is that people can buy shares and sell them on later on.

What I don't understand is that what everything stands for in the stock market tables and graphs. For example for apple inc. it says 94.43. What does this mean exactly? Is it in pounds or what & why is it there. And why does it have a percentage and the 1w, 1m, 3m etc.

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