How to find Barclays share prices

Barclays is one of the wolrd's largest banks, with headquarters in London and operations on five continents. The company offers every kind of financial service. The company trades on the London stock exchange and the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol BCS. Barclays share prices are available from any broker, and online at any of the financial information sites like Finance.yahoo.com, which has all the latest investor news.

About the company

Market capitalisation Barclays has a market capitalisation of $45 billion. This puts it on a par with Dutsche Bank. However, it is less than major American banks. Its assets of nearly $2.8 trillion rank third worldwide. Controversy Barclays has been accused of being too intimately involved with the former apartheid government of South Africa. The controversy seems now to have largely been forgotten. Cash infusion In 2007, Barclays needed to borrow £1.6 billion from the Bank of England. Rumors swirled of insolvency and potential collapse. The stock price dropped sharply and trading was suspended. It turned out that there was nothing wrong with Barclay's liquidity position. A glitch in the overnight settlements procedure was to blame. The 2008-2009 financial turmoil In the financial crisis of 2008-2009, Barclays declined funding from the Bank of England, and instead raised capital privately to tide it over. The bank survived the crisis and has stabilised, though the Greek bailout concerns investors in all banks.

Share prices

Share price history After the financial crisis of 2009, Barclays recovered as did most banks. However, since this time, the shares have lagged the overall market, as the bursting of the housing bubble still hangs over banks. In addition, the possibility of a Greek default has made investors nervous about all banks. Barclays may not have direct exposure to Greece. However, the peripheral effects of a Greek default would hurt all banks' current share prices. Technical indicators from the price chart The stock has been struggling since April 2011, and has recently broken below both the 50 and 200-day moving averages. Technicians consider this a bearish sign for the future stock price. Finding share prices Every broker can give you the latest Barclays news and can quote a bid and ask price for Barclays stocks. Online, there are sites like Bloomberg.com, Marketwatch.com and Finance.yahoo.com which provide recent Barclays bank news and Barclays stock price. Streaming quotes For the very latest up-to-the-minute share prices live, go to the streaming quotes page of any online broker (you will need an account). You can then watch the bid, ask and last transaction prices literally as they change in real time.