Unable to downlod Hang Seng index historical prices

Unable to downlod Hang Seng index historical prices

joe
2011-02-11 09:53:39

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am trying to download the historical hang seng stock index price but got "No data available" message using symbol HSI.
I use this symbo in yahoo and able to get the historical prices. Please advice.

QuantShare
2011-02-11 10:57:30

The yahoo symbol for the Hang Seng Index is ^HSI

Indices always start with "^"

joe
2011-02-11 23:45:28

I try again with ^HSI. It didn't work either. Still return with message "No Data available".

srishail
2011-02-12 00:02:03

joe bro. download major world stock indice object you will get every thing you want like ^hsi .

http://www.quantshare.com/item-635-major-world-stock-indices

QuantShare
2011-02-12 04:17:23

I used ^HSI with Historical Stock Market Data and it works.

Historical Stock Market Data (by QuantShare, uploaded several months ago)

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joe
2011-02-12 23:05:55

hi,

I have sent screen dump of my setting to you for reviewing. I just don't know why mine doesn't work. I tried "srishail" one, but didn't work either. I got the symbols, but not able to download the quotes.

srishail
2011-02-13 00:45:40

bro click on download----download manager----the box popups select major world stock indices-----open selected downloader at the bottem of box- ---start downloading.thats it.

QuantShare
2011-02-14 05:30:36

Best Answer

You are using Historical Stock Quotes Data for more than 50 Exchanges. Please use the following one Historical Stock Market Data.

Historical Stock Quotes Data for more than 50 Exchanges (by QuantShare, uploaded several months ago)

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Historical Stock Market Data (by QuantShare, uploaded several months ago)

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