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Posted by Mark on March 09, 2004 at 09:21:04:

In Reply to: Re: Canadian currency exchange posted by Stewart Ballantyne on March 08, 2004 at 19:23:19:

: : : Hi Mark,

: : : For quite some time I have been retrieving the Canadian currency exchange rate (Symbol ^CCD) using the Yahoo quote server and it has always retrieved it in the format .9999 however since the beginning of this month the format has changed to 99.99. Needless to say, this affects my U.S. investments when I convert them to Canadian currency. Has anything changed in this regard?

: : : Thanx,
: : : Sheldon

: : Hi Sheldon,

: : I assume you're using the Yahoo quote server? You can find the symbols
: : for exchange rates here:

: : http://finance.yahoo.com/m3?u

: : For the one I believe you're looking for, you would use:

: : CADUSD=X

: : They have the conversions available in either direction. The value for
: : CADUSD=X is 0.7457,and the value for USDCAD=X is 1.3411.

: : Thanks,
: : Mark
: : --
: : Mark Beiley
: :
: : Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP
: :

: Mark:
: I have the same problem, the exchange rates are now out by a factor of 100. In addition, the symbols used in Yahoo's convertor table don't seem to be available when I try to update. It seems like something has changed very recently.
: Thanks,
: Stew

Hi Stew,

I do see that the price for ^CCD is being reported as 75.62 currently. It
sounds like for some reason Yahoo recently changed it from reporting as
0.7562 to 75.62. I'm not sure why or when, but since it is 75.62 you may
want to change to the other symbol (CADUSD=X). I just tested this one,
and it retrieves fine from the Yahoo server, with the price like 0.7562.

Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Beiley

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