getsymbols {atmi} | R Documentation |
Get a list of security symbols of a stock market index from http://finance.yahoo.com/
getsymbols(indexsymbol = "GDAXI")
indexsymbol |
finance.yahoo.com symbol of a stock market index. |
Examples for indexsymbol:
DJI | Dow Jones Industrial Average |
NDX | NASDAQ-100, 100 non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ |
GSPC | S&P 500, Standard & Poor 500 |
IXIC | NASDAQ Composite |
GDAXI | German stock market index |
TECDAX | 30 largerst German companies from the technology sector |
symbols |
a list of security symbols of a stock market index. |
To run the function, an active internet connection is required.
Waldemar Kemler, Peter Schaffner
# Getting list of symbols for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dji<-getsymbols("DJI") dji