Use the Yahoo & Google Quotes Downloader (YGQD) to acquire free historical End of Day quotes for
symbols available on Yahoo Finance or Google Finance.
Here are some of the YGQD features
- multiple simultaneous connections for fast download
- get data for any number of symbols and any period of time (if available on the Yahoo or Google servers)
- get complete data or update the most recent bars,
- optional split and dividend data adjustment,
- daily, weekly, monthly bar durations,
- data validation,

- configurable output data format
- data file name customization (prepend or append string, extension)
- command line options for automated downloading of up to date Nasdaq, NYSE and AMEX stock symbols and for handling of multiple symbols lists
- session events logging.
- rich set of APIs for setting various options and controlling its
behavior from other programs
YGQD is free, but donations in its support will be appreciated.
Click here if you wish to make a donation.
Feel free to add a link to to YGQD on your site, or to mention it in your
blogs, forum posts etc.