Yahoo! provides free historical end-of-day data for stocks, indices and mutual funds. Data is available for equities from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, India and more*.| Data Specifications |
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| Data Source | Yahoo Finance | | Country Coverage | United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, India and more *. | | Data Usage | Free for private use | | Adjustments | Not adjusted for dividends and splits | | First Date | Typically no earlier than 1970 | | Data Types | Equities, Indices, and Mutual Funds | | Fields: Equities | Open, High, Low, Close, Volume | | Fields: Indices | Open, High, Low, Close, Volume | | Fields: Mutual Funds | Net Asset Value | | Available Periodicity | Daily, Weekly, Monthly |
* Note: Other countries are also covered. To see if your country is covered, visit your local Yahoo! Finance and check if it provides historical data. If it does, then historical data for your country is available for downloading into Excel. Symbol Lookup & Sample Tickers| Country | Sample Tickers | Lookup |
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| | | | United States | | Symbol Lookup | Canada | | Symbol Lookup | United Kingdom | VOD.L - Vodafone Group
MT.L - Mytravel Group
^FTSE - FTSE 100 Index
| Symbol Lookup | | Germany * | DCXGn.DE - Daimler Chrysler AG DTEGn.DE - Deutsche Telekom ^GDAXI - Xetra Dax Index
| Symbol Lookup | | France * | CGEP.PA - Alcatel AXAF.PA - Axa ^FCHI - CAC 40 Index
| Symbol Lookup | | Italy | OLIV.MI - Olivetti TIM.MI - Tim ^MIBTEL - Mibtel Index
| Symbol Lookup | | Australia | NCP.AX - News Corp BHP.AX - BHP Billiton ^AORD - All Ordinaries Index
| Symbol Lookup | | India | SATY.BO - Satyam Comp-A VISO.BO - Visualsoft-B1 ^BSESN - Sensex Index
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For example, to find the valid Ticker Symbol for DaimlerChrysler in Germany and France: - Open Yahoo! Finance Germany (http://de.finance.yahoo.com/).
- Enter "Daimler" in the search box and select "Name".
- Perform the search.
- In the resulting "Symbol Lookup Results Table," right-click the first WKN/Exchange Code (710000.DE) and select "properties".
- In the address (URL) field, the ticker will be shown after the "?s=" - in this case, it is "DCXGn.DE." This ticker can be used to download data using BulkQuotesXL or DownloaderXL..
Note: For the France ticker repeat steps 4 and 5 but for the WKN/Exchange Code 710000.F. |