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Analyzing financial markets is a crucial aspect of informed decision-making in the
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libraries installed. You can install them using the following:
 pip install yfinance matplotlib pandas

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Fetching Financial Market Data

This Python script prompts the user to input stock symbols and a start date. The
script then uses the yfinance library to download historical financial market data
for each symbol.
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import yfinance as yf
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
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from datetime import datetime
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stock_symbols = input("Enter narrations stock symbols separated by
commas (e.g., AAPL, MSFT): ").upper().split(',')
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start_date = input("Enter withstart
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date

# Use the current date as the end date

end_date = datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')

# Fetch financial market data for each specified stock symbol

for symbol in stock_symbols:
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# Fetch data
stock_data = yf.download(symbol, start=start_date,
end=end_date)

# Calculate 60-day simple moving average (SMA)

stock_data['SMA_60'] =
stock_data['Close'].rolling(window=60).mean()

# Calculate daily percentage change in closing prices

stock_data['Daily_Return'] =
stock_data['Close'].pct_change() * 100

# Plotting
plt.figure(figsize=(14, 10))
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plt.plot(stock_data.index, stock_data['Close'],
label=f'{symbol} Closing Price')
plt.plot(stock_data.index, stock_data['SMA_60'],
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plt.title(f'{symbol} Closing Price and 60-day SMA')
plt.xlabel('Date')
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plt.ylabel('Price (GBP)')
plt.legend()
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# Opening Price
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plt.subplot(2, 2, 2)
plt.plot(stock_data.index, stock_data['Open'],
label=f'{symbol} Opening Price', color='orange')
plt.title(f'{symbol} Opening Price')
plt.xlabel('Date')
plt.ylabel('Price (GBP)')
plt.legend()

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plt.bar(stock_data.index, stock_data['Volume'],
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plt.xlabel('Date')
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plt.ylabel('Volume')
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plt.subplot(2, 2, 4)
plt.plot(stock_data.index, stock_data['Daily_Return'],
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label=f'{symbol} Daily % Change', color='purple')
plt.title(f'{symbol} Daily Percentage Change')
plt.xlabel('Date')
plt.ylabel('% Change')
plt.legend()

plt.tight_layout()
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except Exception as e:
print(f"Error fetching data for {symbol}: {e}")

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#Output
Enter financial stock symbols separated by commas (e.g., AAPL,
MSFT): AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, TSLA, COMP, GS, META, MSFT, DJIA

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The stock symbols provided above and their corresponding companies:

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1. AAPL: Apple Inc.
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2. AMZN: Amazon.com Inc.
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3. GOOGL: Alphabet Inc. (Google)

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5. COMP: NASDAQ Composite Index

6. GS: The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

 7. META: Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.)

8. MSFT: Microsoft Corporation

9. DJIA: Dow Jones Industrial Average

#Output

Enter the start date (YYYY-MM-DD): 2023-01-01

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The code generates four charts for each stock symbol entered by the user, These
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Opening Price Chart:
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Title and Labels: The chart has a title indicating that it shows the Opening Prices
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the opening price in USD.

Legend: A legend is included to distinguish the lines corresponding to each

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Closing Price Chart:

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Legend: A legend is included to distinguish the lines corresponding to each

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60-Day Simple Moving Average (SMA) Chart:
Data: This chart overlays a 60-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) on top of the
Closing Price chart.

Lines: The solid line represents the closing prices, and the dashed line
represents the 60-day SMA.

Title and Labels: Similar to the Closing Price chart, but with an additional
indication of the SMA.

Legend: The legend distinguishes between Closing Price and 60-day SMA.

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Understanding the Code

User Input: The script prompts the user to input financial stock symbols and a start
date.
Data Fetching: It uses yfinance to download historical financial market data for each
symbol.

Data Analysis: The script calculates a 60-day simple moving average (SMA) for each
financial stock.

Data Visualization: It uses matplotlib to plot the closing prices and the 60-day SMA.

This Python script offers a simple yet effective way to analyze and visualize financial
market prices. Whether you are a financial analyst, stock market investor or just an
enthusiast, Python can be a powerful ally in understanding and interpreting
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