Automatic stock retrieval query

[Fred Bone]

On 12 Jan 2008 at 16:04, Conor O'Neill said:

> Derek Atkins wrote:
> > It's not a question of the exchange; it's only a question
> > of quote sources.  Does F::Q have a quote source for the LSE?
> > 
> > -derek
> 
> You can get London Stock Exchange (LSE) quotes from the normal yahoo price
> source.
> 
> For example if you want to use stock prices for LogicaCMG, whose symbol on
> the LSE is LOG:-
> 
> In Tools -> Security Editor, set up an entry with 'Full name' as 
> LogicaCMG; 'Symbol/abbreviation' set to LOG.L (note the required 
> trailing '.L'); Type as 'LSE; (I think this is just an aid for us 
> humans). Tick the box which says 'Get Online Quotes', and set the Source
> to be Single: Yahoo, and Timezone to be (presumably) Europe/London.
> 
> This works for me...
> 
> Now, if anyone can get stock quotes working for UK Unit Trusts; I know
> they _used_ to work, but they are not working now...

I don't have any Unit Trust holdings, but I think I got a quote like 
this:

1. Visit uk.finance.yahoo.com
2. Type "dsauydsaiys.l" into the box and hit "get quote"
3. Receive "invalid symbol" error on "symbol lookup" page
4. Type "axa framlington" into box, choose "funds" and "great britain" 
and hit "look up"
5. Get list of (what I take to be) AXA Framlington unit trusts to choose 
from
6. Copy the symbol from the first (MFFREBA.L) into Gnucash's Security 
Editor dialog, setting "LSE" and choosing "get online quotes"
7. Run "Price Editor" and hit "get quotes".

HTH (and apologies if MFFREBA.L isn't a Unit Trust at all!)