list of all public stocks?

does anyone have a list of all publicly traded stocks? tickers only would be fine? i'm trying to create a program to gather data on every stock that trades on an exchange... trying to find list (excel etc.) has been more than challenging... any thoughts?

 

Run a screener with no filters

 

Send me a PM with your e-mail address and I'll send you an excel file with the list.

Bob

 

http://finviz.com/screener.ashx

Export to .csv

 

based upon 3rd sentence. you didn't all mean all .
also did you mean the US or the whole world?

 

List of all symbols includes different ETFs (with leverage, inverse), preferred shares, ADRs etc etc. I don't think you want that.

I would suggest starting with a list of stocks in some well know index like S&P 500 (just large cap) or S&P 1500 (Large cap, mid cap and small cap). I didn't find good free source so I am tracking this list myself.

Here is the link: http://www.bowgett.com/Markets/IndexComponents.aspx?i=SP500

Click on download to get xml file with symbols.