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How To Read Stock Charts

hi,

can somebody explane me how to read the stock charts,(i am doing a project about the stock markets)and especially I am asking about :
http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=599362&ss=wsodissue

on the picture above you can see the numbers on the left side:11,000/ 10,000/ 9,000 etc What are those numbers for,please?

and why on that picture (its for a different stock market)

http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=598433&ss=wsodissue
the numbers on the left side starts from 2,000?

what that means and why they are different,please?

Thank you!

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