[R-SIG-Finance] How to get SSE Composite Index from yahoo or google?

[Jeff Ryan]

Couple of options using quantmod:

library(quantmod)

> SSE <- getSymbols("000001.SS",auto.assign=FALSE)
> head(SSE)
           000001.SS.Open 000001.SS.High 000001.SS.Low 000001.SS.Close
2007-01-01        2675.47        2675.47       2675.47         2675.47
2007-01-02        2675.47        2675.47       2675.47         2675.47
2007-01-03        2675.47        2675.47       2675.47         2675.47
2007-01-04        2728.19        2847.61       2684.82         2715.72
2007-01-05        2668.58        2685.80       2617.02         2641.33
2007-01-08        2621.07        2708.44       2620.62         2707.20
           000001.SS.Volume 000001.SS.Adjusted
2007-01-01                0            2675.47
2007-01-02                0            2675.47
2007-01-03                0            2675.47
2007-01-04       4294967200            2715.72
2007-01-05       4294967200            2641.33
2007-01-08       4294967200            2707.20
> setSymbolLookup(SSE=list(name="000001.SS", src="yahoo"))
> getSymbols("SSE")
[1] "SSE"
> head(SSE)
           000001.SS.Open 000001.SS.High 000001.SS.Low 000001.SS.Close
2007-01-01        2675.47        2675.47       2675.47         2675.47
2007-01-02        2675.47        2675.47       2675.47         2675.47
2007-01-03        2675.47        2675.47       2675.47         2675.47
2007-01-04        2728.19        2847.61       2684.82         2715.72
2007-01-05        2668.58        2685.80       2617.02         2641.33
2007-01-08        2621.07        2708.44       2620.62         2707.20
           000001.SS.Volume 000001.SS.Adjusted
2007-01-01                0            2675.47
2007-01-02                0            2675.47
2007-01-03                0            2675.47
2007-01-04       4294967200            2715.72
2007-01-05       4294967200            2641.33
2007-01-08       4294967200            2707.20

HTH
Jeff

2010/1/22 邓一硕 <dengyishuo at 163.com>:
>
>
> Hi,all!
>
> Anybody know how can I get SSE Composite Index (Shanghai Composite Index)
> from yahoo or google using R?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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