closing price

noun

: the price of a stock or bond at the end of a day
the previous day's closing price

Examples of closing price in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Donald Trump Trump is Trump Media’s biggest shareholder, with 57.3 percent of the company, or 78.7 million shares — a stake worth about $3.2 billion based on the stock’s closing price Friday. Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024 Reddit’s share price in the low $50 range is still well above its IPO price of $34, and even above its impressive first-day closing price of $48, which had investors chattering about the company’s impressive gains. Laura Bratton, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024 The deal values Hess at $171 a share, based on Chevron's closing price on Friday. WSJ, 23 Oct. 2023 The new offer represents a 33% premium to Macy’s $18.01 closing price on Friday. Crystal Tse, Bloomberg.com, 3 Mar. 2024 The average analyst price target of $13.60 represents more than 65% upside from Thursday’s closing price. Carmen Reinicke, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024 JetBlue shares, which closed up more than 2% at $6.07 on Monday, jumped up 19% in after-hours trading before leveling out just over $7 per share—or 16% above the closing price—at 7:45 p.m. ET. Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 The price represents an 18% premium to Friday’s closing price. Flavia Rotondi, Fortune Europe, 12 Feb. 2024 The typo was noted by Lyft’s chief financial officer in an earnings call with analysts, after which the stock fell to just over $14 a share—about a $2 increase from its closing price. Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024

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“Closing price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/closing%20price. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

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