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Finding DAX Index and Component Symbols in Alpha Vantage

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Summary

The discussion concerns locating DAX index and constituent data through Alpha Vantage. Answers give several possible symbol conventions: the DAX index itself or an index ticker, exchange suffixes for European listings, and a suggested search feature in a spreadsheet add-on. One answer also advises checking individual symbols directly because exchange coverage may be incomplete.

The responses disagree about whether DAX constituents are generally available and about which symbol forms work, so the examples should be treated as leads rather than a verified, complete symbol directory. The discussion is tied to a historical snapshot of a data provider and does not establish current coverage, data quality, or whether a listing represents the primary European market. Users should confirm each instrument’s exchange, currency, and returned metadata before relying on prices for research or trading.

Key ideas

  • Data providers may require exchange suffixes to identify European listings.
  • The discussion gives distinct symbol forms for the index and its constituents.
  • Answers conflict about the extent of European market coverage.
  • Verify symbol availability and listing details before using retrieved prices.

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# Symbols for DAX from Alpha Vantage


# Symbols for DAX from Alpha Vantage












I found the website https://www.alphavantage.co as an alternative for yahoo finance stock API.

I am interested in the top 30 DAX symbols, but I seem to cannot find them on Alpha Vantage. Is there a list of supported stock exchange markets and symbols, where I can look for that?

## Answer by J_P (score 4, accepted)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/38441

Please use BMV instead of BMW (I don't know Alpha Vantage reasons for it)

Playing a little bit it looks the symbol for the index is just DAX:

```
https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_INTRADAY&symbol=DAX&interval=1min&apikey=MYAPIKEY
```

Which retrives this answer:

```
"1. Information": "Intraday (1min) prices and volumes",
    "2. Symbol": "DAX",
    "3. Last Refreshed": "2018-02-23 15:13:00",
    "4. Interval": "1min",
    "5. Output Size": "Compact",
    "6. Time Zone": "US/Eastern"
```

So if you try any of the stocks belonging to the DAX you´ll see if they are available on Alpha Vantage. Just replace XXSYMBOLXX with the one you are interested and use your API KEY instead of MYAPIKEY:

```
https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_INTRADAY&symbol=XXSYMBOLXX&interval=1min&apikey=MYAPIKEY
```

## Answer by TraderPatrick (score 3)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/40833

Firstly some background:

DAX is a German stock market index for blue chip companies. It has 30 components.

AlphaVantage does not officially support European exchanges.

So, you cannot query AlphaVantage for the 30 DAX stocks at all, although some might have ADRs listed in USA, it won't represent the actual European trading at all.

In addition they don't actually respond to questions on their forums about coverage: https://www.alpha-vantage.community/post/ukeuropean-stock-prices-9676329

Some are exposed, but others are not. I suspect AlphaVantage is just scraping its data from somewhere undisclosed and does not even have a true understanding of international trading, currencies, etc.

## Answer by adatherton (score 3)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/49210

AlphaVantage returns all the DAX (and FTSE, CAC, MIB etc.) components fine, you just have to add the appropriate suffix i.e. `BMW.FRK` (BMW) and `AIR.PAR` (Airbus).

Best way to use it is to install the free Excel/Google Sheets add-on and then use the `=AVSearchEquitySymbol(search string)` function.

I do all my AlphaVantage testing on Google Sheets, before writing code.

## Answer by cpm (score 0)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/40831

The symbol for the DAX is ^GDAXI , in case you came here via Google. https://www.alpha-vantage.community/post/world-indexes-9627480

## Answer by JamesG (score 0)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/54465

To find prices for FTSE stocks on Alpha Vantage you stick the `.LON` suffix on the symbol:

e.g.

```
curl https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=GLOBAL_QUOTE&symbol=AZN.LON&apikey=APIKEY
```

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