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cinatic / stocks-extension

A extension to display stock quotes in GNOME Shell Panel
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Incorrect unit of currency for UK stocks #57

Open soundchippy opened 2 years ago

soundchippy commented 2 years ago

Stocks on the London Stock Exchange are listed in GBp (pence/p) as opposed to GBP (pounds/£). Extension is currently showing all UK ticker prices in pounds.. Screenshot from 2022-02-21 19-08-07 .

cinatic commented 2 years ago

interesting thanks for the report, i only bought stocks in € or $ so far, according to wiki and what i researched uk stocks are always traded in GPX/GBp, do you know if there are actually uk stocks not traded with this fraction notation?

soundchippy commented 2 years ago

I believe any stocks listed directly on the London stock exchange are GBX. From looking on the LSE site it appears there are some instruments traded in their native currency (such as bonds or certain ETFs etc.) https://www.londonstockexchange.com/live-markets/market-data-dashboard/price-explorer