Suppose you owned 2,000 shares of stock in Procter and Gamble. You purchased the shares at a price of 48.93$ per share and sold them at the closing price of the stock given in the table. A) ignoring dividends, what was your profit or loss on the sale of the stock? Was this a profit or loss?  B) if your broker charges 1.7% of the total sale price, what was the broker's commission?

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Suppose you owned 2,000 shares of stock in Procter and Gamble. You purchased the shares at a price of 48.93$ per share and sold them at the closing price of the stock given in the table. A) ignoring dividends, what was your profit or loss on the sale of the stock? Was this a profit or loss? 
B) if your broker charges 1.7% of the total sale price, what was the broker's commission? 

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Selected Stocks from the Dow Jones Industrial Average for a Day in 2015
Net
52-week 52-week
YTD
Name
Symbol Open High Low
Close
chg Chg Volume
high
low
Div Yleld
PE
%chg
Apple
APPL
113.84 115.01|113.61 |115.0I
1.73 1.51 41654100 134.54
92.
2.08 2.14 10.05
8.48
Boeing
BA
141.13
146.45 141.05|145.41
5.09 3.5
6976300 158.83 115.02
4.36 3.63 15.8
0.56
International
IBM
Business
Machines
140.42 143.72|140.30|142.75
3.14 2.2
5583200 176.3
118.
5.20 4.17
9.16
3.59
Johnson &
Johnson
UNI
97.134
96.42
98.802|1.89|1.91
9887900
105.49
81.793.00|2.8718.88
3.97
General
Electric
GE
28.74
29.52
28.70
29,36
0.72 2.47 81476400
31.49
0.92 -3.16-16.97-6.I
Procter &
Gamble
PG
73,22
74.96 7297 -74.20
1.25 168 |14080900
86.78
65.02 2.65 .3.25 27.17
6.09
Transcribed Image Text:1/1 100% + Selected Stocks from the Dow Jones Industrial Average for a Day in 2015 Net 52-week 52-week YTD Name Symbol Open High Low Close chg Chg Volume high low Div Yleld PE %chg Apple APPL 113.84 115.01|113.61 |115.0I 1.73 1.51 41654100 134.54 92. 2.08 2.14 10.05 8.48 Boeing BA 141.13 146.45 141.05|145.41 5.09 3.5 6976300 158.83 115.02 4.36 3.63 15.8 0.56 International IBM Business Machines 140.42 143.72|140.30|142.75 3.14 2.2 5583200 176.3 118. 5.20 4.17 9.16 3.59 Johnson & Johnson UNI 97.134 96.42 98.802|1.89|1.91 9887900 105.49 81.793.00|2.8718.88 3.97 General Electric GE 28.74 29.52 28.70 29,36 0.72 2.47 81476400 31.49 0.92 -3.16-16.97-6.I Procter & Gamble PG 73,22 74.96 7297 -74.20 1.25 168 |14080900 86.78 65.02 2.65 .3.25 27.17 6.09
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