{"id":1582,"date":"2017-01-21T00:35:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T22:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urosevic.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=1582"},"modified":"2017-01-21T00:37:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T22:37:31","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urosevic.net\/wordpress\/plugins\/stock-quote\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock Quote FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/i>How to know which stock symbols to use?<\/h3>

Visit Google Finance Stock Screener<\/a> and look for preferred symbols that you need\/wish to display on your site.<\/p>\n

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.)<\/p>\n

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<\/i>How to get stock quotes from XZY Stock Exchange?<\/h3>

First check does Google Finance<\/a> provides quotes from stock exchange you referring to.<\/p>\n

If it’s supported, then look to next question to learn how to get stocks from there.<\/p>\n

If Google Finance does not support your stock exchange, we are sorry but we can’t help you at the moment.<\/p>\n

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<\/i>How to get proper stock price from proper stock exchange?<\/h3>

Enter symbol in format EXCHANGE:SYMBOL<\/code> like LON:FFX<\/code><\/p>\n

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<\/i>How to get Dow Jones Industrial Average?<\/h3>

Since version 1.4.0 we use Google Finance, which support ^DJI exchange. To get quote for this exchange, simply add symbol .DJI<\/code> or ^DJI<\/code>.<\/p>\n

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<\/i>How to get Crude Oil, Gold and other commodities?<\/h3>

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/i>How to get currency exchange rate?<\/h3>

Use Currency symbols like EURGBP=X<\/code> to get rate of 1 Euro<\/code> = ? British Pounds<\/code><\/p>\n

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<\/i>I set to show Company Name but symbol is displayed instead<\/h3>

Please note that Google Finance does not provide company name in retrieved feeds. You’ll need to set company name in Custom Names<\/em> field on plugin settings page.<\/p>\n

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<\/i>How to get descriptive title for currency exchange rates?<\/h3>

Add to Custom Names<\/code> legend currency exchange symbol w\/o =X<\/code> part, like:<\/p>\n

EURGBP;Euro (\u20ac) \u21e8 British Pound Sterling (\u00a3)<\/pre>\n
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