Thanks for the reply. I have downloaded the LSE symbols although the history on this site recognises that I have previously downloaded the symbols.
I then tried the historick quotes using object 575 - Yahoo EOD data and the results I get from that is: 'No data available' for most of the symbols listed. I would just like to download UK data to begin with.
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