Standard Finance::Quote Labels
Finance::Quote
The Perl Journal, Fall 2000
 

Standard Finance::Quote Labels

Not all exchanges or stocks have all these labels available, but the range of information that Finance::Quote can return includes:

name Company or mutual fund name
last Last price
high Highest trade today
low Lowest trade today
date Last trade date (MM/DD/YY format)
time Last trade time
net Net change
p_change Percent change from previous day's close
volume Volume
avg_vol Average daily volume
bid Bid
ask Ask
close Previous close
open Today's open
day_range Day's range
year_range 52-week range
eps Earnings per share
pe P/E ratio
div_date Dividend pay date
div Dividend per share
div_yield Dividend yield
cap Market capitalization
ex_div Ex-dividend date
nav Net asset value
yield Yield (usually 30-day average)
exchange The exchange the information was obtained from
success Did the stock successfully return information?
errormsg If the request failed, the reason why
method The module that found the information.