Stock Quotes on Gtalk

To all the stock crazy people here comes a useful Gtalk bot. You can view the real time stock quotes in your chat window.


Add "stocks@askme.im" to your buddy list.

Open a chat window and type 'help' (without quotes) to view the instructions

(06:32:36 PM) me: help
(06:32:39 PM) stocks@askme.im: Type company name and press ENTER to get company's current stocks details.
To invite your friends to use this send their email addresses like this invite abcd@gmail.com,xyz@gmail.com

To test the results I gave INFOSYS as the input.I was surprised to see the information it returned

(06:42:59 PM) me: INFOSYS
(06:43:01 PM) stocks@askme.im: INFOSYS TECH
Current Price : 2177.60
Open Price : 2230.00
Day High : 2276.80
Day Low : 2166.60
Previous Close : 2210.80
52 Week High : 2421.00
52 Week Low : 1040.00


Tip : If there are more companies listed under a single group (like TATA) you have to enter the group name to get the list of companies listed under it(sometimes other companies are also displayed,as in this case) and then choose the company you want to view.

(06:55:12 PM)me: TATA
(06:55:21 PM) stocks@askme.im: Please enter company code as listed below to see current share price.
Avaya GlobalConnect Limited (AVAYAGCL)
Tata Advanced Material Ltd (TATAADV)
Tata Chemicals Ltd (TATACHEM)
Tata Coffee Ltd (TATACOFFEE)
Tata Construction & Project Ltd (TATACONT)
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD (TCSCONS)
Tata Elxsi Ltd (TATAELX)
Tata Finance Ltd (TATAFIN)
Tata Honeywell Ltd (HONAUT)
Tata Hydro-Electric Power Supply Co. Ltd (Merged) (TATAHYD)
Tata Infotech Ltd (TATAINF)
Tata Investment Corporation Ltd (TATAINV)
Tata Metaliks Ltd (TATAMET)
Tata Metals & Strips Ltd (Merged) (TATAMSL)
Tata Motors Ltd (TATAMOTORS)
Tata Power Company Ltd (TATAPOW)
Tata Sponge Iron Ltd (TATASPG)
Tata SSL Ltd (Merged) (TATASSL)
Tata Steel Ltd (TISCO)
Tata Tea Ltd (TATATEA)
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd. (TTML)
Tatanagar Bricks Ltd (TATABR)
Tayo Rolls Ltd (TAYOROLLS)
Timken India Ltd (TATATIM)
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL)


(06:56:36 PM) me: TCSCONS
(06:56:39 PM) stocks@askme.im: TCS LTD.
Current Price : 561.75
Open Price : 575.05
Day High : 590.40
Day Low : 556.65
Previous Close : 571.40
52 Week High : 649.90
52 Week Low : 207.68


I am sure this bot comes handy if the finance websites are blocked in your office.