Data presentation....2

Continuing with the query posed at the end of last week' post, at the most basic level, there are two options available :

1. Bar Chart
2. Line Graph

A Bar Chart created with the help of tools available in Excel, will look like

A Line Graph will look like :

Which one of the two above conveys the message better ?

In my view, it is the Line Graph, as it shows a "trend" of the three stocks over a periof of twelve months.

The Bar Chart is more colourfl and can coney the same message, but one has to look a lot more closely.

The idea of pictorial representation should be to convey the message at one glance.

Any other ways of conveying the message at one glance ?