StockChart

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The StockChart gadget allows you to embed a graph of stock prices from Yahoo! in your Google Homepage, Google Desktop or Google Pages. The graph will update itself at customisable intervals to show the stock price throughout the day. StockChart currently supports stocks, funds, indices, bonds, futures, warrants and certificates from Yahoo! finance, and many graphs may be added to one page to enable you to track all the elements of your portfolio.

Example gadget

The above (live) example shows the Dow Jones index. Clicking on a particular StockChart opens Yahoo! Finance displaying a larger version of that chart along with other statistics and analytics. The chart can show data for 1-day, 5-day or 1-year - this example is set to 5-day.

Installation

This gadget can be added to your Google homepage, Google desktop or to any application that supports google gadgets. The installation procedure is detailed below:

Adding to your iGoogle homepage

To add this gadget to your iGoogle page, click this button: 

OR you can add it manually from the GoogleHomepage by copy-and-pasting this URL:

http://stockchartgadget.googlepages.com/StockChart.xml

You may need to click "Ok" if prompted, to allow the gadget to be added to your page.

Adding to Google desktop

To add this to Google desktop, click the add button at the top of the Deskbar, then copy and paste the following
address into the search box:

http://stockchartgadget.googlepages.com/StockChart.xml

You may need to click "Ok" if prompted, to allow the plugin to be added to your desktop.

Adding to your own website

You can also embed this gadget in your own personal website (no corporate websites please!). To do so, use this link to generate the HTML code that you need.

While every effort has been made to ensure this code is bug-free, please read the disclaimer at the bottom of the page.

Usage

Chart settings can be changed by clicking the drop-down menu next to the Gadget title, then clicking "settings" link. The settings page allows the Gadget title to be customised, and the refresh rate, chart type and the stock symbol to be changed.

Changing Symbols

Symbols may be found by using the Symbol Lookup feature at yahoo finance.

Some useful symbols include:

Alternatively, company tickers can used, for example Google is "GOOG".

Period

You can select the chart range by selecting an option from the "Period" drop-down list.

Changing the Module Title

The "Module Title" box specifies the title that appears above the chart on your page.

Changing the Refresh rate

The "Refresh Minutes" box specifies how long the chart should wait before updating the chart. If you specify zero
minutes, then the chart will not refresh until you reload the page.

When done, click "Save" to return to the normal view.