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Get real-time stock quote with price, volume, change, market cap, and 52-week range for any ticker symbol. Use when user asks about current stock price, quote, or basic stock info.

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Stock Quote

Fetch current stock data from Yahoo Finance.

Instructions

Note: If uv is not installed or pyproject.toml is not found, replace uv run python with python in all commands below.

Run the quote script with the ticker symbol:

uv run python scripts/quote.py SYMBOL

Replace SYMBOL with the requested ticker (e.g., AAPL, MSFT, TSLA, SPY).

Output

The script outputs JSON with:

  • symbol, name, price, change, change_percent
  • volume, avg_volume, market_cap
  • high_52w, low_52w, pe_ratio, dividend_yield

Present the data in a readable format. Highlight significant moves (>2% change).

Dependencies

  • yfinance

Timezone

All timestamps and time-based calculations must use the America/New_York timezone. All JSON output must include generated_at (NY time string) and data_delay fields.