You are given the following information regarding prices for stocks of the following firms:                         PRICE   Stock                        Number of Shares         T             T+ 1   ScotBank Ltd.               1,000,000                 60             80   Jetvan Ltd                     10,000,000               20            35    PriceLife Ltd.               30,000,000               18             25 i. Construct a price-weighted index for these three stocks and compute the percentage change in the series for the period from T to T +1.  ii. Construct a market-value-weighted index for these three stocks and compute the percentage change in the series for the period from T to T +1.  iii. Based on your answer above, which of these indexes BEST illustrate the movement on the stock market.

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You are given the following information regarding prices for stocks of the following
firms:
                        PRICE
  Stock                        Number of Shares         T             T+ 1
  ScotBank Ltd.               1,000,000                 60             80
  Jetvan Ltd                     10,000,000               20            35
   PriceLife Ltd.               30,000,000               18             25


i. Construct a price-weighted index for these three stocks and compute the percentage
change in the series for the period from T to T +1. 
ii. Construct a market-value-weighted index for these three stocks and compute the
percentage change in the series for the period from T to T +1. 
iii. Based on your answer above, which of these indexes BEST illustrate the movement
on the stock market.
 

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