Open Access
Online source accessible to everyone, anywhere.
McMaster Users Only
Online source accessible to current McMaster students, faculty and staff only. MacID@mcmaster.ca required.
Stock Prices
Bloomberg available on-site only in the DeGroote Trading Centres located in DSB-B106 and RJC-126
Find your company and use the code HP for a table, GP for a graph. Bloomberg can export quotes for lists of companies. Use the Excel add-in to download a time series of the data.
CFMRC TSX via CHASS
Includes historical prices for Canadian companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Factiva
Select Companies/Markets in the top navigation menu to get Quotesand Market Data Charts. Retrieve daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly data for the past 5 years.
Google Finance, 1980s to the present, but varies by company
Use the search box to find a company. When viewing the company's profile, pick your date range above the chart (1D, 5D, 1M, 6M, YTD (Year to Date), 1Y, 5Y, MAX (Maximum dates available).
LSEG Workspace(formerly Refinitiv Workspace)
Available on-site in the DeGroote Trading Centres located in DSB-B106 and RJC-126 or remotely with registration via the web or via theDSB Virtual Lab (VPN required) NOTE: First time user? Registration is required for access outside the trading centres. For remote access and instructions, contact your instructor or the DeGroote School of Business at dsbhelp@mcmaster.ca.
Mergent Online
Search for a company (active/listed or inactive/delisted) using the Basic search or Advanced search tabs. While viewing a company profile, click on the Equity pricing tab. Adjust the Controls (i.e., Time Period 1 week to 30 years ago, Date range (specify month/day/year), select Daily, Weekly or Monthly, etc.), pick an index from the drop-down menu (e.g., TSX Group, New York Stock Exchange, etc.). Display data in a Chart (default) or Report (select link to view Open, High, Low, Close, Volume, Price Move %).
Yahoo Finance, 1960s to the present, but varies by company
Use the search box to find a company, then select the Historical Data tabin the company profile. Pick criteria from the drop-down menus - Time Period: (Month/Day/Year), Show: (Historical Prices, Dividends Only, Stock Splits, Capital Gains) and Frequency: (Daily, Weekly, Monthly).