A historical stock quote tool allows you to look up a security's exact closing price. Simply type in the symbol and a past date to view a historical stock quote and mini chart for that security. This information includes high and low, open and close prices as well as the volume of that security. Before you start looking at a historical stock quote it helps to know the ticker symbol and the exchange on which it is traded. Business directories commonly give this information. When using Web sources, you may or may not need to know on which exchange it was traded; in printed sources, you usually do. Evaluation services can take the hassle out of your search and get your historical stock quote for you.