Question

You just sold 500 shares of Wesley, Inc. stock at a price of $30.92 a share. Last year, you paid $32.04 a share to buy this stock. What is your capital gain on this investment

Answer 1

-$560

Explanation:

The computation of capital gain on this investment is shown below:-

Capital gain = (Stock price - Paid shares) × Sold shares

where,

The Stock price is $30.92

Paid shares is $32.04

And, the sold shares is 500 shares

Now placing these values to the above formula

So, the capital gain on this investment is

= ($30.92 - $32.04) × 500

= -$1.12 × 500

= -$560