Re: Downloading securities data for an HSBC index tracker

Thanks - gave it a go, but no joy.  I now realise that the problem is
in finding a good, public source of data.  For the time being I can
cope with importing price history manually.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 14:38, Mennē Software Solutions
<[email protected]> wrote:
> It doesn't look like Yahoo! will carry those prices:
> http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=GB0000412477.L+Historical+Prices
>
> This web page shows that prices are not available from Yahoo!.
>
> However, you may have some luck using Google and symbol
> MUTF_GB:HSBC_FTSE_100_WITF2Z:
> http://www.google.com/finance/historical?q=MUTF_GB:HSBC_FTSE_100_WITF2Z
>
> You can try switching the Quotes and Exchange Rates settings to use the
> different symbol and select Google as your download source. You may wish to
> switch to Advanced mode and do some test downloads to make sure it works.
>
> Good luck!
>
> --Kevin
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Tim Vaughan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I recently bought shares in a FTSE100 tracker - the HSBC FTSE 100
>> Retail Accumulator, with ticker symbol GB0000412477.L .  However, when
>> I try to update the value via the Quotes and Exchange rates extension,
>> I get the following in the console:
>>
>> setStatus(Error downloading price history for HSBC FTSE 100 Index
>> Retail Acc: Received response code 404 and message 'Not Found'.,
>> 0.9555555582046509)
>> setStatus(Security price update complete with 0 skipped, 1 errors and
>> 0 quotes obtained, 0.0)
>>
>> Is it possible to download info on funds such as this HSBC one?
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