FinancialData not returning current day's data

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1

For today at the current moment I am getting the following

In[9]:= FinancialData["GE", Today]

Out[9]= Missing["NotAvailable"]

also Wolfram|Alpha is only returning data up to last Friday. However Yahoo finance (which is the source for the curated financial data) is currently working and returning current prices:

http://go.wolfr.am/1eo8FgbB

Any thoughts?

2

False alarm. I see that this form for FinancialData is trying to return the closing price and, since market day is not over, there is no closing price yet.

3

For future reference, Yahoo Finance’s API responds very differently than their webpage sometimes. For example, not everything available through their webpage will be available through the API.

4

Thanks Sean, good to know and keep in mind.