Question: Go to the New York Stock Exchange Web site at www.nyse.com and find the latest figures for top NYSE volume days. Click on "Investor Relations." Click on "Financials." Click on "Transaction/Statistics." Click on "Data Library." Click on "NYSE Statistics Archive." Under "NYSE Daily Share Volume in NYSE Listed Issues," click on the most recent date. Click on "Interactive Viewer." Click on "Market Activity." Click on "NYSE Group Volume Records-Top 10 Days." This brings up a file that contains the relevant data.
1. What is the largest number of daily shares traded on the NYSE? On what day did this occur?
2. Calculate the percentage change in daily trading volume since the 2.4 billion shares traded on June 18, 2010.