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DAX / Xetra on alphavantage


I am very very happy with Alphavantage. BUT I can't find the german stocks (Xetra)

I have tried:

https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_DAILY&symbol=xtr:lin&apikey=MYKEY (But this works https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_DAILY&symbol=NYSE:DIN&apikey=MYKEY)

https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_DAILY&symbol=Lin.be&apikey=MYKEY (But this works: https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_DAILY&symbol=Novo-b.CO&apikey=MYKEY)

So my question is - has anyone had any luck getting german stocks on Alphavanta (or another free service. Realtime is not crucial, but obviously a plus).


Solution

  • I use the "Search Endpoint" function to find german stocks on alphavantage.

    Let's say you look for "BASF" you could query:

    https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=SYMBOL_SEARCH&keywords=BASF&apikey=[your API key]&datatype=csv
    

    You get a list with possible matches:

    symbol,name,type,region,marketOpen,marketClose,timezone,currency,matchScore
    BASFY,BASF SE,Equity,United States,09:30,16:00,UTC-05,USD,0.8889
    BFFAF,BASF SE,Equity,United States,09:30,16:00,UTC-05,USD,0.8889
    BASFX,BMO Short Tax-Free Fund Class A,Mutual Fund,United States,09:30,16:00,UTC-    05,USD,0.8889
    BAS.DEX,BASF SE,Equity,XETRA,08:00,20:00,UTC+02,EUR,0.7273
    BAS.FRK,BASF SE,Equity,Frankfurt,08:00,20:00,UTC+02,EUR,0.7273
    BASA.DEX,BASF SE,Equity,XETRA,08:00,20:00,UTC+02,EUR,0.7273
    BAS.BER,BASF SE NA O.N.,Equity,Berlin,08:00,20:00,UTC+02,EUR,0.7273
    BASF.NSE,BASF India Limited,Equity,India/NSE,09:15,15:30,UTC+5.5,INR,0.6000
    

    See documentation: https://www.alphavantage.co/documentation/