NAME

App::Chart::Latest -- latest price records

FUNCTIONS

App::Chart::Latest->get ($symbol)

Return a latest prices object for $symbol. It contains the following fields

Basic information

symbol        string
name          string
currency

Latest bid/offer quote

quote_date    ISO like 2008-08-20
quote_time    string like '14:59:59'
bid           best buyer's price
offer         best seller's price

Latest trading day

last_date     ISO like 2008-08-20
last_time     string like '14:59:59'
open          day's first trade price
high          day's highest trade price
low           day's lowest trade price
last          last trade price
change        difference 'last' from the previous day's close
volume        day's volume, so far

Other information

halt          1 if trading halted
limit_up      1 if at its daily limit up move
limit_down    1 if at its daily limit down move
dividend      ex-dividend amount, if ex today (ie. 'last_date')
note          other free-form note
error         message string

$latest->quote_adate()

$latest->last_adate()

Return the quote date or last trade date in the form of an "adate" number.

$latest->short_datetime()

Return a string which is a short form of the date time in $latest. The quote date/time is used if present, or the last trade date/time if not.

$latest->formatted_volume()

Return a string which is the $latest volume figure formatted and abbreviated. For example a value 150000 gives "150k".