Quotes are now updated automatically. There is no need to click refresh to get the latest quote information (for example, last price, trade time, bid/ask, volume, absolute/relative change and several other data points). Standard delay times apply: 15 minutes for NASDAQ, 20 minutes for NYSE. Real-time continuous streaming quotes are available through our premium service.
Currently, the streaming quotes feature set covers:
- Yahoo! Finance front page
- Quote summary pages as well as all the associated pages
- Multi-quote pages (when you type several symbols into the "Get Quotes" box)
- Portfolio pages
- Index components
- Market times information (top of all pages) streaming 24x7.
- All international data streams. For example you get streaming data for Australia ticker when Australian market opens.
- Real-time quotes (if you are a premium real-time quotes subscriber)
User Preferences You can turn streaming quotes on or off with a simple click of the mouse. These preferences are set within your cookie; thus, they are not linked to your user ID.
- To turn OFF. Click on the word ON which appears to the right of "streaming quotes:", and it will change to OFF.
- To turn ON. Click on the word OFF, which appears to the right of "streaming quotes:", and it will change to ON.
Please note: Streaming stops after 25 minutes of inactivity. To restart streaming, just bring focus to the browser window.
To change the symbols that appear in your ticker tape, please go to this link.
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In the event you are in need of assistance with financial terminology, go to Yahoo!'s financial glossary.