Where can I find company share prices?

Current share prices

• You can find share prices online although there is usually a charge for 'real time' prices. For some web sites that give share prices free after a short delay, see Companies > UK: Annual reports/finance on the Gateway to the Internet

Past share prices

• Several years of share prices are given free at Yahoo Finance. Enter details in search box at top of page and click 'Get quote'. then click 'Historical prices' in the menu on the company's page
• Five years of share prices are available free at the Hemscott site. Search for a company, click 'share price chart', choose a timescale for the chart, then click on the chart at the date you need
• Share prices from 1975 are available in the Financial Times newspaper at Bedford Central Library
• The London Stock Exchange's historic price service (HPS) provides, for a fee, Daily Official List stock and share quotations for securities traded on the London Stock Exchange back to 1980
• For probate, you may like to look at the London Stock Exchange probate calculator. This is designed to help you complete the HM Revenue and Customs Stocks and Shares form (D7). The data go back to 10 June 1999. There is a small charge to use the calculator.