[GNC] Best Quote Source for GDRs Traded in Frankfurt

[Bruce Schuck]

On Wed Aug 26 16:24:13 EDT 2026, Kalpesh wrote:


> 2) Module code do not embed "Symbol/abbreviation" (except a bit
> massaging for some) as they are either web page scraper or call
> official API with the symbols provided by GNC to F::Q. GNC doesn't
> provide anything else from what I recall (developers or other who
> are sure can correct me here). If you can browse their site with
> ISIN number then you can set your symbol in security editor inside
> GNC to be ISIN and it should in theory work.

A couple months ago I had a discussion with a user who posted an issue 
to Finance::Quote, https://github.com/finance-quote/finance-quote/issues/575


The user assumed that F::Q was more of an integral plug-in to GNC that 
access to all of the fields within the GNC security editor screen. I 
needed to explain more than once that F::Q is a separate utility that is 
executed by GNC, and that GNC only sends the contents of the 
"Symbol/abbreviation" field as the security identifier. Read the issue's 
conversation for more detail.


Bruce S