The stock market refers to a index measuring stocks.

When you calculate a return on indices in a stock market, you calculate the index price difference between two dates to determine a gain or a loss.

Choose the index you wish to calculate.

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Choose a start date and end date for calculating the return. Visit a website that offers stock market charts. Find the price from the start date and the price from the end date and note these numbers.

Subtract the end date price from the start date price. Using the same example, subtract 12, Divide the resulting number by the start date price.

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Using the same example, divide 1, The Dow Jones Industrial Average index had a 9. Kathryn Hatter is a veteran home-school educator, as well as an accomplished gardener, quilter, crocheter, cook, decorator and digital graphics creator.

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Repeat the same formula with any stock market index using any starting and ending price. References 2 Stock Market Investors: How to Calculate Return on Investment Market Watch: About the Author Kathryn Hatter is a veteran home-school educator, as well as an accomplished gardener, quilter, crocheter, cook, decorator and digital graphics creator. More Articles Common Stock Index Sell Volume Vs. Buy Volume Stocks What Happens to a Stock Price When It Goes Public? How to Calculate Common Stock for Holding Period Returns.

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