Price screen help guide

You can access a range of information on Sharemark traded investments on this website.  The Price display page, which can be accessed by clicking on 'Traded company info' shows all the investments that can be traded on Sharemark, along with their:

  • Current price - this could be:
    • Indicative price - this will show if there are bids and offers in the current auction which match.
    • Highest bid - this will show if the bids and offers in the current auction don't match. It's the highest price that someone is prepared to pay for 1 unit/share. 
    • Lowest offer - this will show if there are no bids in the current auction. It's the lowest price that someone is prepared to accept per unit/share.
    • Start price - this will show if there has never been any trading on Sharemark and there are no bids or offers in the current auction. 
  • Last dealt price - the price the investment last traded at.
  • Change - the difference between the last dealt price and the current indicative price.
  • Sale volume - the total number of shares for sale on Sharemark, in the current auction, across all prices.
  • Purchase volume - the total number of shares required on Sharemark, in the current auction, across all prices.
  • Next auction - the date of the next auction.  Remember you can enter orders at anytime in the build up to an auction, except for one hour immediately preceding the auction. 


This page also shows what the Company is using Sharemark for.  For example a Company with a * to the left of its name has a 'monitored market'.  

  • Single traded company - the only 'market' the company is using is Sharemark.
  • Loan Stock - loan stock as opposed to an equity. 
  • Closed market - the Company controls who can view certain information on it and who can enter orders to buy and sell its shares. 
  • Monitored market - Anyone can enter an order to buy or sell shares, but the Company may choose to prevent that order being dealt. 

Clicking on a Company name on the 'Price display screen' will give you access to further information on the Company, including a list of all the orders for the current auction, historic price information, announcements, financial information and a company profile.  If you'd like to develop a further understanding of the Sharemark price screens, then please see below:

To find out what a figure represents, simply place your mouse over the top of the column. For an explanation of the indicative price please place your mouse over the blue line in the display

   
Purchase
Order
Received		 Purchase
Volume		 Cummulative
Purchase
Volume		 Price in
Pence		 Cummulative
Sale
Volume		 Sale
Volume		 Sales
Orders
Received
0 0 75418 28.5 2876 0 0
2 1511 75279 29 3320 444 3
0 0 73636 29.5 3320 0 0
2 1232 73506 30 23778 20458 7
0 0 72155 30.5 37629 13851 1
21 61938 72038 31 54562 16933 8
0 0 10100 31.5 54562 0 0
0 0 10100 32 54772 210 4
0 0 10100 32.5 54772 0 0
1 100 10100 33 55171 399 2
0 0 10000 33.5 58171 3000 1
0 0 10000 34 78439 20268 14
0 0 10000 34.5 78712 273 3

Indicative price - This is the price at which the auction will take place if it took place now.You may wish to use this as a guide when placing an order.