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Why do one-day comparative performance graphs not start at 0%?

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Mar 4, 2025 · 14:54

On Google Finance, when comparing price of two stocks over time, they both start at 0% and go up or down from there. Makes sense; at the start, they've both changed 0% since the start. But if you're doing the one-day view you see them start the day a few percent away from 0% and then go up or down. Why?

On the 1D graph, what is the baseline? i.e., what does 0% mean?

An example, comparing NVDA and AMD. Click 1D and the other time periods to see the difference.

[https://www.google.com/finance/quote/AMD:NASDAQ?sa=X&comparison=NASDAQ%3ANVDA](https://www.google.com/finance/quote/AMD:NASDAQ?sa=X&comparison=NASDAQ%3ANVDA)

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