Ups and downs

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Stock-market data

Find a company the stock price of which you'd like to analyze.
Go to Yahoo Finance.
Locate and examine the data for that particular stock.
For example, the page for Pharmala Biotech Holdings Inc. (MDMA.CN) is at ca.finance.yahoo.com/quote/MDMA.CN
Click on the option Historical Data on the tabs right underneath the current price.
This takes you to a raw-data page
For example, MDMA.CN/history?p=MDMA.CN
From the raw-data page, select the time period and the frequency of your interest.
Press the Apply button.
Click on Download (right underneath the button).
On your computer, there is now a .csv file.
(Most likely in your customary Downloads folder unless you specified another location)
Repeat for at least one more stock, with the same period and frequency.
Select and then process the data below.

Select datafile

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