How to know which stock symbols to use?
Visit Google Finance Stock Screener and look for preferred symbols that you need/wish to display on your site.
For start you can try with AAPL,MSFT,IBM,CSCO,GOOG,YHOO,AMZN (Apple Inc; Microsoft Corporation; International Business Machines Corporation; Cisco Systems, Inc.; Google Inc; Yahoo! Inc; Amazon.com, Inc.)
How to get stock quotes from XZY Stock Exchange?
First check does Google Finance provides quotes from stock exchange you referring to.
If it’s supported, then look to next question to learn how to get stocks from there.
If Google Finance does not support your stock exchange, we are sorry but we can’t help you at the moment.
How to get proper stock price from proper stock exchange?
Enter symbol in format EXCHANGE:SYMBOL like LON:FFX
How to get Dow Jones Industrial Average?
Since version 1.4.0 we use Google Finance, which support ^DJI exchange. To get quote for this exchange, simply add symbol .DJI or ^DJI.
How to get Crude Oil, Gold and other commodities?
Unfortunately, Google Finance does not provide data for commodities (metals, energies, grains, meats, softs). That is why Stock Ticker can’t provide quotes for them.
How to get currency exchange rate?
Use Currency symbols like EURGBP=X to get rate of 1 Euro = ? British Pounds
I set to show Company Name but symbol is displayed instead
Please note that Google Finance does not provide company name in retrieved feeds. You’ll need to set company name in Custom Names field on plugin settings page.
How to get descriptive title for currency exchange rates?
Add to Custom Names legend currency exchange symbol w/o =X part, like:
EURGBP;Euro (€) ⇨ British Pound Sterling (£)