How to read CNBC morning stock ticker?

That ticker you are referring to is showing real-time trades. Those are normally shown after-market. So that is 100 shares at $79.00 per share.

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How To Read Stock Ticker

I believe that is the price of the stock over in european trade not US. Pre-Market CNBC usually gives some ticker information of US stocks that trade in other markets.

100 shares traded at $79

First off, Durga, Exxon is not an index. Exxon is a stock in the oil industry, and it trades in dollars, not points, like an index.

Here is a good explanation of the CNBC stock ticker tape along the bottom of your TV screen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNBC_Ticker

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The ticker does show most recent trades/prices, But when the dow trades 7.71 million like yesterday how does the ticker pick which trades it shows. It can't be showing all trades.

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The top tape is the New York Stock Exchange. BFX is EURONEXT BEL-20 (Brussels) an index. The quote you show was Thursdays close the up arrow indicating how many points it was up. The bottom tape is the NASDAQ. AAPL is Apple Computer.

Why are some stocks shown in white and others in yellow?

Last trade, 100 shares at $79 (down form the previous trade)