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XigniteGlobalCurrenciesFile Overview

Hourly currency exchange rate

XigniteGlobalCurrenciesFile offers daily forex rates for over 150 currencies including all majors. Files are available for every hour starting 00:00 UTC and can be used for up-to-the-hour currency conversion rates in portfolio accounting applications, stock analysis tools such as Matlab and R, and other applications that use or display currency data.

Key Features

  • Choose between all currency pairs or only major currency pairs
  • Files available each hour on the hour
  • Files available for 30 days
  • RFC 4180-compliant CSV (comma-separated values) format compatible with Excel and other applications
  • Simple HTTP interface to retrieve files
  • Download files programmatically or with a web browser

Data Coverage At-A-Glance

  • Over 150 currencies including all majors. See the Data Coverage section for details.

Key Data Points

  • Base Currency: Base currency symbol
  • Quote Currency: Target currency symbol
  • Open: Open rate for the time interval starting 24 hours earlier
  • High: Highest rate over the prior 24-hour time interval
  • Low: Lowest rate over the prior 24-hour time interval
  • Close: Closing rate for the 24-hour time interval ending at this hour