ASX SHARE DATA
FAQs
Our data service includes the daily Open, High, Low, Close and
Volume information for:
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Australian Stock Exchange
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SFE Futures Exchange
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London Stock Exchange
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London Int. Financial Futures Exchange
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US Stock Exchanges - New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq
and American Stock Exchange
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US Futures Exchanges - Chicago Board of Trade,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, New York Board of Trade and New
York Mercantile Exchange
We also provide:
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Automatic adjustments for share splits, name changes etc.
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The Official S&P ASX Index values for the 12 Economic
Sectors and 23 Industry Groups based on GICS (Global
Industry Classification Standard)
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Fundamental Data including PE Ratios
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Industry Group classifications for companies
ASX Stockmarket Data Frequently Asked Questions
Click on the links to find out more
- ADEST Data - What
data does ADEST supply?
How do I subscribe?
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Data Maintenance -
What data adjustments are included for Corporate
Actions
(i.e. Splits, Capital
Reconstruction, Special Dividends and Name
Changes)?
Email - Do you send
the daily data by email?
Favourites - Can I
have a Folder containing my favourite stocks?
How many days of data
are kept for downloading?
Historical Data - how
many years does ADEST Data cover?
Internet - how do I
download or collect the daily data?
Missed days - what
happens if I don't collect my data for 2 or more
days?
Multitasking - can I
use other programs whilst ADEST is updating my
data?
Networks (LAN). Can
the database be updated over a LAN?
Drive Partitions. Can
the database be located on a different hard
drive?
XAO. I can't find this
in my charting software?
- Historical Data - how many years does ADEST Data cover?
- The available history depends on the
stock or index however as a general guide the
average history is around 10 years.
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ADEST Stock Market Data - Share Trading
Information for Chart Analysis and Trading -
Index
- How many days of
data are kept for downloading?
- The Data
collection process automatically collects all
your outstanding data using the normal Daily
Collection method. There is, however, a
limit on the number of days you can collect at
any one time based on your method of collection.
The
Internet connection method has a limit of 3
months data and after this time it would be
necessary to collect your data using the
"specific date" collection feature in Market
Manager. Alternatively, the outstanding
data could be sent on a floppy disc.
- The direct
dial connection method has a limit of 20 trading
days and after this period it would be necessary
to send the outstanding data on a floppy disc.
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- Internet - how do I download or
collect the daily data?
- Connect to
your ISP in the usual way. Launch the
ADEST software and click I-Net on the menu bar
and then click Collect Daily Data from
the drop down list. The ADEST software
will find our database and send all outstanding
data to your computer for distribution to your
database. For more details please call 02
9527.4690.
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- Drive Partitions - Can
the database be located on a different hard
drive?
- You may
locate the database on a different local
hard drive however we recommend that the ADEST
program and the data be stored on the same
drive. You cannot locate the database on a
network drive.
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- Favourites - Can I have a Folder
containing my favourite stocks?
The ADEST
Market Manager software allows you to create
your own folder/s and move your stock data as
required. This feature enables you to keep
groups of stocks relating to your portfolio,
"watch list" or an industry group.
Management of your database is an integral part
of the Market Manager software, leaving you time
to concentrate on your analysis and trading.
For data integrity reasons, you cannot have the
same stock in more than one folder, as Market
Manager will only update a stock once.
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- Networks (LAN) - Can the
database be updated over a LAN?
- No, due to
the intensive processing required to update the
database, the ADEST software and data must be
located on local hard drives and preferably the
same local hard drive. The data cannot be
updated across a local area network.
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- Email
- Do
you send the daily data by email?
- The daily
data is not sent by e-mail however is collected from
our database via an Internet connection or a
direct modem connection. The ADEST
software has built in functionality to enable
you to collect your data by clicking an icon on
the main toolbar.
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- Missed
days -
what happens if I don't collect my data for 2 or
more days?
- That's OK.
The next time you collect data using the normal
Daily Collection facility, all outstanding data
will automatically be collected.
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- Multitasking - can I use
other programs whilst ADEST is updating my data?
- No - due
to the large number of files that need to be
accessed during the distribution process, do NOT
run other programs whilst ADEST is updating your
database. Please close all programs prior
to collecting and/or distributing your data,
especially your charting software.
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- XAO. I can't find
the All Ordinaries in my charting software?
- The ADEST
code for XAO is ALODA. A list of the ADEST
Index
and SFE
codes can be accessed via the
Exchange Codes link.
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- ADEST Data. What data does ADEST supply?
ADEST
provides the following end-of-day data:
ADEST
Historical Data includes an average of 10 years
for:
- ASX Stocks
and Indices.
- SFE
Contracts.
- Overseas
Indices and Commodities.
ADEST data
includes daily Open, High, Low, Close and Volume
information. (Volume information is scaled
by a factor of 100). The data for ASX
stocks also includes Fundamental information,
which is updated weekly.
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Data
Maintenance - What data adjustments are included
for Corporate Actions (i.e. Splits, Capital
Reconstruction, Special Dividends and Name
Changes)?
The adjustments for
Corporate Actions that we apply to our data are
based on the official dilution factors and
adjustments advised by the Australian Stock
Exchange (ASX).
As a supplier
of reliable and accurate data, we do not believe
it is appropriate for us to make arbitrary
decisions regarding the application of
adjustments and, therefore, we apply all ASX
Corporate Actions without exception. ASX
Corporate Actions include:
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A Capital
Reconstruction, including Splits and
Consolidations.
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Bonus Issues.
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Capital Returns.
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Special Dividends
(from 01 July 2000).
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Name and Code
Changes.
In summary:
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The Market Manager
software utilises an automatic data management
system to ensure that any adjustments required
are applied without the need for user
intervention.
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We apply all ASX
Corporate Actions as summarised above.
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All adjustments are
based on information provided by the ASX.
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In line with ASX
policy, we do not adjust our data for Ordinary
Dividends however do adjust for Special Dividends
(from 1/7/00) based on the dilution factors
calculated by the ASX.
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We do not apply any
other data adjustments other than the official
ASX adjustments.
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