updated english xacc-ticker.html

[LE NY Yannick]

Hello Dave,

I have added the codes list for europeans markets in the updated english
xacc-ticker.html.

Yannick

Title: Stock Ticker

Stock Pricing and Ticker Symbols

GnuCash provides a somewhat rudimentary automated stock quote gathering system.

If a GnuCash stock account is suitably configured, and the host computer is connected to the internet, the program gnc-prices may be used to load stock and mutual fund price quotes from various web sites directly into GnuCash.

To make use of this facility, the following must be done:

• Create an account and mark it as being of type "Mutual Fund" or "Stock".
• Enter a valid ticker symbol in the box marked "Security:"
• Select a quote source from the pull-down menu. Currently supported quote sources include Yahoo, Yahoo Europe, Fidelity Investments, T. Rowe Price and the Vanguard Group. Note that Yahoo will provide price quotes for many mutual funds including Fidelity, T.Rowe Price and Vanguard, and that the quoted prices at Yahoo should be identical to those that may be found at the source sites (otherwise, somebody's reporting wrong information!). If you choose Yahoo Europe, you should append the market code for the security, such as PA for Paris, BE for Berlin, etc. Example: 12150.PA (a Peugot security in the Paris market).
• Codes list for europeans markets:

          value=PA>Paris
          value=BC>Barcelone
          value=BE>Berlin
          value=BI>Bilbao
          value=BM>Brême
          value=CO>Copenhague
          value=D>Dusseldorf
          value=F>Francfort
          value=H>Hambourg
          value=HA>Hanovre
          value=L>London
          value=MA>Madrid
          value=MC>Madrid (M.C.)
          value=MI>Milan
          value=MU>Munich
          value=O>Oslo
          value=ST>Stockholm
          value=SG>Stuttgart
          value=VA>Valence
          value=FX>Xetra

A sample image is shown below:

To update the prices stored in a gnucash account file, run the command line command gnc-price, specifying the filename; for example:

    gnc-prices myaccts.xac

Running this command will print various diagnostic messages to the screen while it loads data. It will work only when the host computer is attached to the internet. It can function in conjunction with masquerading-style firewalls and proxy servers.

The command can be run many times in one day; however, it will update the accounts at most once with the most recent trading days price data.

Thus, if gnc-prices is run on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, only two price entires will be made: one containing Friday's data, and one containing Monday's data, since the Saturday and Sunday runs will only retrieve the Friday closing price.

To keep gnc-prices from updating one account, while allowing it to update another account, merely mark the data source for that account as (none). You can do this from the Edit Account window.

After running gnc-prices for a few days, your accounts will begin to resemble the following:

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