Task 1 The graph above shows the stock price of four technology companies between 2011 and 2016. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates

the

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how much was the

price

of stock in four technology companies from 2011 to 2016.

Overall

, each technology

companies

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company's

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stock

price

trend

varies

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has varied

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over the

last

six years. The highest in terms of

price

are Apple and Facebook,

whereas

, the lowest in

price

was

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Google

and

Yahoo

.

In

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the beginning of the period, Apple, Facebook and

Yahoo

ranged

around

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5,000 to 8,000,

all

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and all

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of them had started changing their

price

by the year 2012.

First,

in 2012, it reached the maximum amount of 35,000,

after

this

it

had

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significantly fluctuated over the years.

On the other hand

, Facebook had been climbing slowly from 2011

,

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and had doubled its

price

by 2016. Meanwhile

for

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Google

and

Yahoo

was the cheapest stock.

Initially

, the

price

of

Yahoo

was 7,000 higher than

Google

. As

Yahoo

had been dropping,

Google

was only 1,000 less than

Yahoo

by the year 2016.

Moreover

,

Google

remained stable in the past six years.