Stock Quote

What Does Stock Quote Mean?
A list of prices (generally bid, ask and last) for a stock at a particular point during the trading day. Stocks used to be quoted in fractions, but now most exchanges use decimals.

Investopedia explains Stock Quote
Stock quotes are either in real-time or 15-minute delay.

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