Buying and Selling Stock Answers

If you sell 225 shares of Dryas Security at $5.12 per share and 340 shares of Cilla Shipping at $12.43 per share, how much money will you receive, to the nearest dollar?

What is the “Yield %” which sometimes appears in stock listings?

Consider today’s stock listing for Enam Telecom, shown below.52 wk High52 wk LowSymbolDiv.CloseNet Change122.8664.77ENM3.4599.144.74If the lowest price in the past year occurred 48 days ago, find the approximate average change per day since then.

Yesterday, stock in Chambers Translation sold for $87.19 per share. Today, the same share costs $95.45. How would the net change appear in a stock listing?

Ben’s broker charges a commission of $125 for every $1,000 of stock bought or sold. Ben bought 442 shares of Xyx Motors when the share price was $15.67, and sold them when the share price was $23.14. How much profit did Ben make?

You buy 45 shares of Evu Confectioners at $63.12 apiece. Unfortunately, the company falls on hard times and you end up selling the stock for $41.20 per share. How much money did you lose?

Stock in Globin Publishing costs $8.72 per share. Mary buys 105 shares of Globin Publishing through her broker, who charges her a commission of $348. How much did Mary pay in total to purchase the stock?

Jackie’s broker charges her a commission of $8 per ten shares of stock she buys or sells. If Jackie buys 77 shares of Alesia Insurance at $10.34 per share and 120 shares of Ergar Appliances at $8.11 per share, how much will Jackie spend in commission?