Simple command line tool for displaying stock data in the command line
pip install ticks
or if you plan on developing or monkey-patching:
pip install -e {ticks directory}
ticks aapl goog ^spx ^FTSE
Note: all arguments must be Yahoo Finance URL parameters for the symbol
$ ticks VTI VXUS BND ^SPX ^FTSE ^BCOM VNQ
Name Symbol Price Open Change Change%
------------------------------- -------- --------- ------- -------- ---------
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF VTI 102.97 102.9 0.23 +0.22%
Vanguard Total International St VXUS 44.25 44.34 -0.08 -0.18%
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF BND 80.82 80.76 0.1 +0.12%
S&P 500 ^SPX 2016.71 2013.78 4.05 +0.20%
FTSE 100 ^FTSE 6137.24 6093.43 43.81 +0.72%
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index ^BCOM 77.6628 100.01 -0.2426 -0.3114%
Vanguard REIT ETF - DNQ VNQ 80.29 78.8 1.52 +1.93%
You can change the data returned from Yahoo with the cryptic query parameter at the end of the URL: &f=nsl1oc1p2.
For all of the possible fields, see https://code.google.com/p/yahoo-finance-managed/wiki/enumQuoteProperty (this list seems to be out of date...)
You'll want to update the headers passed to tabulate() as well.