Part of Yahoo Symbols: Property Short Description SMM Property Property Type

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ask a Ask quote.ask Decimal

avg_vol a2 Average Daily Volume

bid b Bid quote.bid Decimal

cap j1 Market Capitalisation

close p Previous Close

currency c4 Currency currency.code Unicode

date d1 Last Trade date

day_range m Days range

div_date r1 Dividend Pay Day

div d Dividend per Share

div_yield y Dividend Yield

eps e Earnings per Share

ex_div q Ex-Divident Date

last l1 Last Trade price quote.price Decimal

name n Name share.name Unicode

net c1 Change quote.nchange Decimal

open o Open quote.open Decimal

p_change p2 Change in percent quote.pchange Decimal

pe r P/E ratio

symbol s Symbol share.symbol Unicode

time t1 Last Trade time

volume v Volume quote.volume Decimal

year_range w Years range

Further Information

A very detailed documentation of the Yahoo symbols is available at http://www.gummy-stuff.org/Yahoo-data.htm

A short Python example is available at http://www.goldb.org/ystockquote.html

Implementations in Perl

The Perl packages Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Base and Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Europe are well coded and very good example how to query the Yahoo share data.

Current versions are: