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Web Services, Part X: Consuming the StockQuote

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Interpreting the XML Response

Web services respond in XML. The StockQuote Web service responds with 16 different data elements for each trade symbol. Each data item is enclosed within a separate tag. For example, the <High> tag includes the high value of the symbol during the current trading session:

<High>64.70</High>

The market capitalization is denoted by the <MktCap> tag. Notice that the data includes the units of measures (B for Billions):

<MktCap>346.3B</MktCap>

Here is an example listing of the XML response for the symbols YHOO, IBM, and MSFT:

<StockQuotes>
  <Stock>
    <Symbol>YHOO</Symbol>
	<Last>18.93</Last>
	<Date>3/8/2002</Date>
	<Time>4:00pm</Time>
	<Change>+0.99</Change>
	<Open>18.44</Open>
	<High>18.98</High>
	<Low>18.05</Low>
	<Volume>9506500</Volume>
	<MktCap>11.006B</MktCap>
	<PrevClose>17.94</PrevClose>
	<pctChg>+5.52%</PctChg>
	<AnnRange>8.02 - 24.4375</AnnRange>
	<Earns>0.07</Earns>
	<P-E>256.29</P-E>
	<Name>YAHOO INC</Name>
  </Stock>
  <Stock>
    <Symbol>IBM</Symbol>
	<Last>105.09</Last>
	<Date>3/8/2002</Date>
	<Time>4:02pm</Time>
	<Change>+1.38</Change>
	<Open>104.82</Open>
	<High>107.34</High>
	<Low>104.82</Low>
	<Volume>10708000</Volume>
	<MktCap>181.0B</MktCap>
	<PrevClose>103.71</PrevClose>
	<pctChg>+1.33%</PctChg>
	<AnnRange>87.49 - 126.39</AnnRange>
	<Earns>4.35</Earns>
	<P-E>23.84</P-E>
	<Name>INTL BUS MACHINE</Name>
  </Stock>
  <Stock>
    <Symbol>MSFT</Symbol>
	<Last>63.95</Last>
	<Date>3/8/2002</Date>
	<Time>4:01pm</Time>
	<Change>+1.23</Change>
	<Open>63.63</Open>
	<High>64.70</High>
	<Low>63.17</Low>
	<Volume>28780100</Volume>
	<MktCap>346.3B</MktCap>
	<PrevClose>62.72</PrevClose>
	<pctChg>+1.96%</PctChg>
	<AnnRange>47.50 - 76.15</AnnRange>
	<Earns>1.09</Earns>
	<P-E>57.54</P-E>
	<Name>MICROSOFT CP  </Name>
  </Stock>
</StockQuotes>

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