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Index Web Sites
- Dow
Jones Averages provides daily or annual data from 1896
- present. Users may only bring up one day's worth of data
at a time (annual data is available for the complete history
in spreadsheet format). Contains charts spanning a decade
at a time, with notes indicating the major events that triggered
fluctuations in the Dow. This site also provides a description
of the Industrial index and background on its composition
and calculation, and does the same for the Transportation
and Utility indexes.
- FT.com
provides recent prices on the FTSE 100, the FTSE Eurotrack
200, the DAX, CAC-40, Nikkei, and Dow Jones Industrial Average.
It contains global information from countries including Japan,
U.K., Europe, Asia-Pacific, The Americas, etc. Registration
is required to access these files; it is FREE.
- Reuters
provides company snapshots, free stock (and major U.S. index)
quotes, price charts, and articles from PRN and BW newswire
services. It also provides user with stockscreening tools
and industry, sector, and company rankings (biggest movers)
on over 10,000 equities trading on the NYSE, Nasdaq, AMEX,
and OTC Bulletin Board. Detailed financials & ratios are
available.
- Nikkei.com
provides daily historical Nikkei 225 averages and volume in
graph format only (current day numerical figure is given.)
Description and history of the Nikkei, as well as methodology
of calculation is given. Click on the "Markets" button at
the top of the page.
- NYSE
Euronext posts daily NYSE exchange volume back to 1888,
daily closing prices for Composite, Industrial, Financial,
Transportation, and Utility Indices back to 1966, monthly
NYSE total and common number of shares outstanding, market
value, issues, and listed companies, 1994-present, monthly
market cap by symbol 1999-present, monthly share volume by
symbol Oct. 1998-present, year-to-date share volume by symbol,
1997-present.
- S&P
Index Services provides descriptions and member listings
for the S&P 100, 500, Midcap 400, Smallcap 600, and S&P/BARRA
Lists. Prior day closing data available, as well as prior
month total return and total return year-to-date.
- Stock
Indices contains a list of links to over 40 major stock
indexes (NYSE, Dow Jones, NASDAQ, etc.) throughout the world.
(Link currently inactive)
- Weekly
Dow Jones Industrial Average, 1900-1989 provides Dow Jones
Industrial Averages, weekly from 1900-1989. Daily data available
from 1915. Gives hi, low, close, and volume.
- Yahoo!
Finance provides histories on the main U.S. indexes back
to the 1970's, downloadable in .xls format. Data available
in daily, weekly, or monthly format. Click the link on the
main page for the index you're interested in, then click the
max link, then under Historical Quotes, click
daily, weekly, or monthly.
- Zacks
Investment Research specializes in corporate earnings
estimates. This site provides free estimates, but charges
for analyst reports.
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