What do the numbers that are after the NYSE or NASDAQ Mean?

zalez21: What do the numbers that are after the NYSE or NASDAQ Mean?
The numbers next to the Nyse or Nasdaq

For example when they say the nasdaq was down today by so many points

Dow -213.27 -2.01%
10,389.88

Nasdaq-25.55-1.12%
2,265.70

Can someone explain

I know how ro understand the stocks as far as $ per share, Volume,
High, lows

But i dont understand when they they just talk about the market in whole.

Thanks

Answers and Views:

Answer by jeff410
Just like stocks, its how much they have changed. The Dow is an index of 30 stocks. They add up the price of one share of each and divide by a divisor. THe NASDAQ number is a composite of the price change of all the stocks on the NASDAQ exchange. The results are expressed in points, not dollars.

Answer by 360
Dow 10,389.88 -213.27 -2.01%

It means:

When the market opened, Dow costs $ 10,603.91.
When the market closed, Dow lost -$ 213.27.
Now Dow costs$ 10,389.88.

-$ 213.27 is -2.01% of $ 10,603.91(cost of Dow when the market opened).