import numpy as np h,l=np.loadtxt('data.csv', delimiter=',', usecols=(4,5), unpack=True) print "highest =", np.max(h) print "lowest =", np.min(l) print (np.max(h) + np.min(l)) /2 print "Spread high price", np.ptp(h) print "Spread low price", np.ptp(l)