>>>>> "NH" == Neil Hodgson <nhodgson@bigpond.net.au> writes:
NH> Finds about 130 characters. The only ones I feel are worth
NH> worrying about
NH> are the half, quarters and eighths (0xbc, 0xbd, 0xbe, 0x215b,
NH> 0x215c, 0x215d, 0x215e) which are commonly used for expressing
NH> the prices of stocks and commodities in the US. This may be
NH> rarely used but it is better to have it available than to have
NH> people coding up their own translation tables.
The US no longer uses fraction to report stock prices. Example:
http://business.nytimes.com/market_summary.asp
LEADERS Last Range Change
AMERICAN INDL PPTYS REIT (IND) 14.06 13.56 - 14.06 0.25 / 1.81%
R G S ENERGY GROUP INC (RGS) 28.19 27.50 - 28.19 0.50 / 1.81%
DRESDNER RCM GLBL STRT INC (DSF) 6.63 6.63 - 6.63 0.06 / 0.95%
FALCON PRODS INC (FCP) 9.63 9.63 - 9.88 0.06 / 0.65%
GENERAL ELEC CO (GE) 59.00 58.63 - 59.75 0.19 / 0.32%
Jeremy
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