http://nseindia.com/content/equities/scripvol/datafiles/01-01-2010-TO-23-01-2010RCOMXN.csv
the url is correct. it is not zipped file. copy the url in the browser window you will get the this ...... Symbol,Series,Date, Prev Close,Open Price,High Price,Low Price,Last Price,Close Price,Average Price,Total Traded Quantity,Turnover in Lacs, RCOM,EQ,04-Jan-2010,172.35,173,175.8,172.55,175.25,175.2,174.17,2418999,4213.1160435, RCOM,EQ,05-Jan-2010,175.2,176,182,175.8,181.45,181.35,178.64,6033757,10778.7459905, RCOM,EQ,06-Jan-2010,181.35,182.5,184.4,180.8,181.5,181.8,182.76,4680776,8554.525768, RCOM,EQ,07-Jan-2010,181.8,183.7,185.3,182.5,183.8,183.9,184.05,4255338,7831.773937, RCOM,EQ,08-Jan-2010,183.9,184.5,185.15,180.2,181.1,180.85,182.14,3775898,6877.5970215, RCOM,EQ,11-Jan-2010,180.85,184,184,180.2,181.85,182.1,182.04,3601269,6555.8894695, RCOM,EQ,12-Jan-2010,182.1,182.1,182.85,175.05,175.3,175.45,179.06,4834928,8657.6031315, RCOM,EQ,13-Jan-2010,175.45,174,176.6,173.05,175.7,175.55,175.01,3276310,5733.8242525, RCOM,EQ,14-Jan-2010,175.55,177.2,184.2,175.65,182.85,183,180.8,7227593,13067.2365775, RCOM,EQ,15-Jan-2010,183,183,193.4,183,191.3,191.6,191.03,15459863,29533.7056915, RCOM,EQ,18-Jan-2010,191.6,189.9,193.8,188.35,190.05,190.45,191.27,4710277,9009.3851875, RCOM,EQ,19-Jan-2010,190.45,190,192.9,185.2,186.5,186.35,188.67,4458474,8411.945425, RCOM,EQ,20-Jan-2010,186.35,187,190.6,185.3,186.6,186.9,188.05,3581194,6734.2921825, RCOM,EQ,21-Jan-2010,186.9,186.85,189.75,184.15,185.3,185.15,186.85,3673061,6863.2499155, RCOM,EQ,22-Jan-2010,185.15,183.7,184.7,176.45,181.6,181.55,181.5,4194634,7613.198626, ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.