getsymbols {atmi}R Documentation

get stock symbols

Description

Get a list of security symbols of a stock market index from http://finance.yahoo.com/

Usage

getsymbols(indexsymbol = "GDAXI")

Arguments

indexsymbol finance.yahoo.com symbol of a stock market index.

Details

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

Value

symbols a list of security symbols of a stock market index.

Warning

To run the function, an active internet connection is required.

Author(s)

Waldemar Kemler, Peter Schaffner

See Also

getdata

Examples

# Getting list of symbols for the Dow Jones Industrial Average
dji<-getsymbols("DJI")
dji

[Package atmi version 1.0 Index]