Detailed Share Price

Glossary of share price terms
Best Ask The ask price is the price at which a market participant is currently offering to sell shares
Best Offer The bid price is the price at which a market participant is currently bidding to buy shares
Change The difference between the closing price and the last automated trade
Currency The currency that the share price is quoted in – GBp = pence sterling
Date Date of the last automated trade
Day high The highest price reached during a given day
Day low The lowest price reached during a given day
Day volume Today's total trading volume
Dividend Yield The ratio that shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price
Exchange The Stock Exchange upon which the shares are traded and information taken from – LSE = London Stock Exchange
Last close The day close price is the stock value after Reuters performs a closing run on the data
Market Capital The value of a company by multiplying the number of shares in issue by the current share price
Opening price The last automated trade from the previous trading day
P/E Ratio Calculated by dividing the share price by the annual earnings per share
Price Last automated trade
Shares in issue Shares in Issue amount, is the current number of ordinary shares in issue and it is expressed in millions.
Time last trade Time of the last automated trade
52 week high The highest price the share reached over the previous 52 weeks
52 week low The lowest price the share reached over the previous 52 weeks

Annual Report 2011