Re: Yahoo Updates

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In Reply to: Re: Yahoo Updates posted by George on October 19, 2000 at 09:32:49:

: Are different tickers used between the two Yahoo servers?

:
: George

: : : When I use Yahoo I several tickers do not update. If I use Yahoo Historical they update. These are for Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA); NASDQ (COMP; and S&P500 (SPX). Why does this happen? I just started to use the internet update because some days I do not get Infobeat Closing Bell email for whatever reason.

: : :
: : : George

: : George,
: : It looks like you're using the wrong symbols. For example, the Dow is ^DJI.
: : Please see:

: : http://biz.yahoo.com/f/q.html#indices

: : Thanks,
: : Mark
: : --
: : Mark Beiley
: :
: : Fund Manager for Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT
: :
: :

In general they use common symbols. I did see the DJIA was supported
for the historical quotes, but not the current quote. If you use the
ones from the link above, or by doing a ticker lookup on Yahoo they should
be supported by both quote servers. The "Yahoo" and "Yahoo (Historical)"
are really the same server, just a different location on their site.

Thanks,
Mark
--
Mark Beiley

Fund Manager for Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT

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