[GNC] Getting Quotes for Funds

[Bruce Schuck]

On 11/20/25 12:21, aeg wrote:

> In trying to set it up, I also found it difficult to find the
> correct ticker symbol to use, as different searches returned
> different results, and I'm now further puzzled that the Symbol shown
> in your examples below uses the ISIN code!
That can be a sticky wicket, and there is no easy answer. Especially 
true for things like funds and bonds. Using a US based source for funds, 
one has to find what suffix to add. For example, adding ".L" to the 
ISINs, the prices for those two funds can be retrieved from FinanceAPI 
(an API Token based source).

~$ gnucash-cli --quotes dump financeapi GB00B76WP695.L GB00B41XG308.L
Finance::Quote fields GnuCash uses:
     symbol: GB00B76WP695.L  <=== required
       date: 06/28/2019      <=== recommended
   currency: GBP             <=== required
       last: 1.7             <=\
        nav:                 <=== one of these
      price:                 <=/

Finance::Quote fields GnuCash uses:
     symbol: GB00B41XG308.L  <=== required
       date: 06/28/2019      <=== recommended
   currency: GBP             <=== required
       last: 195.45          <=\
        nav:                 <=== one of these
      price:                 <=/

In summary you will sometimes need to go to the websites the sources use 
and determine the proper symbol.

Currently FTFunds and MorningstarUK only allow ISINs to be used for lookups.

Thank you.