[GNC] Alphavantage quote displaying wrong currency and value

[Chris Good]

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> Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2018 10:59:33 +1000
> From: Mark Blakeney <mark.blakeney at bullet-systems.net>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: [GNC] Alphavantage quote displaying wrong currency and value
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> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to gnucash and trying to set up online quotes via Alphavantage. I
am
> using Arch Linux with stock versions gnucash 3.2-1 and perl-finance-quote
1.47-
> 1. I have my API key configured etc and gnc-fq-dump works correctly as
seen at
> https://imgur.com/a/swf5xto.
> 
> I have the stock configured in gnucash as https://imgur.com/a/mblUFvj. My
> default currency is Australian dollars (AUD) everywhere.
> 
> However the online quote is displayed with the wrong currency (US) and
value as
> seen at https://imgur.com/a/gnS8Aau.
> 
> Does anybody know why?

Hi Mark,

You need to add suffix ".AX" to the "Symbol" in the Security Editor.
E.g. CBA.AX
This tells Finance::Quote to use the price from the ASX using currency AUD.

Regards, Chris Good