Automatic stock retrieval query

[Ken Atkinson]

Thanks guys  - Working now  after  changing to  Perl 5.8 and following  your 
instructions..

Cheers
Ken


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conor O'Neill" <pebbles at puddle.co.uk>
To: "Derek Atkins" <warlord at MIT.EDU>
Cc: "Ken Atkinson" <ken_atkinson at blueyonder.co.uk>; 
<gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: Automatic stock retrieval query


> 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...
>
> -- 
> Conor O'Neill, at home in Bristol, UK
>