Online Quotes for UK stocks and funds

[Conor O'Neill]

In message <1053393509.18443.19.camel at hampton-pc.rainbolthampton.org>, 
David Hampton <hampton at employees.org> writes
>On Sat, 2003-05-17 at 09:36, Conor O'Neill wrote:
>> I don't know what bits to use, and what to answer, when asked for
>> commodity types, CUSIP codes, and the various permitted sources for
>> online quotes. I've managed to set up an example for Vodafone shares,
>> with stock code VOD, but the Yahoo Europe source then tells me they are
>> priced in Euros instead of pounds.
>
>I suspect you're getting the value in dollars, mistakenly labeled as
>Euros.  Finance::Quote has got a few problems in this regard.  The Yahoo
>Europe source assumes that all quotes are in Euros unless the stock
>symbol explicitly indicates that its from the London or Stockholm
>exchanges.  I've submitted a fix for this, but it has yet to make it
>into a new release.
>
>You should use the stock code VOD.L to get the price of Vodafone from
>the London exchange.  You can look up ticker symbols by going to
>http://finance.yahoo.com, clicking Symbol  Lookup, and the searching for
>the company name in World Markets.  Be sure to choose the symbol name
>appropriate to the London market.

OK, thanks for this. I have now added .L on the end, and it seems OK for 
stocks. I had actually discovered this, by closer reading of the various 
help pages.

But I still have no progress in seeing funds rather than stocks. Does 
anyone know what symbols to use? I have tried some SEDOL numbers (which 
I currently use in MS Money 99), but they don't seem to work. I've also 
tried some ISIN numbers, but to no avail.

-- 
Conor O'Neill, at home in Bristol, UK                conor at puddle.co.uk