OHLC Bar Chart Financial Glossary

What is it? Open High Low Close bar chart. This kind of chart captures the opening price, the day high, the day low and the closing price. The colour of the line represents whether the share finished up or down on the day (blue up, red down). The top of the chart indicates the day high, the bottom of the line the day low. The Right hand node on the line indicates the day close and the left hand node the day open.

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