Retrieve Bloomberg Current Data

This example shows how to retrieve current data from Bloomberg^® for a single security and for multiple securities. To create a successful Bloomberg connection, see Connect to Bloomberg.

Connect to Bloomberg

Create a Bloomberg Desktop connection.

c = blp;

Alternatively, you can connect to the Bloomberg Server using blpsrv or Bloomberg B-PIPE^® using bpipe.

Retrieve Current Data for Single Security

Retrieve last and open prices for Microsoft^®.

d contains the Bloomberg last and open prices as fields in a structure. sec contains the Bloomberg security name for Microsoft in a cell array. The security name is a character vector.

sec = 'MSFT US Equity';
fields = {'LAST_PRICE';'OPEN'}; % Retrieve data for last and open prices

[d,sec] = getdata(c,sec,fields)

d = 

  struct with fields:

    LAST_PRICE: 62.30
          OPEN: 62.95


sec =

  cell

    'MSFT US Equity'

Retrieve Current Data for Multiple Securities

Retrieve last and open prices for the IBM^® and Ford Motor Company^® securities.

d contains the Bloomberg last and open prices as fields in a structure. sec contains the Bloomberg security names for IBM and Ford Motor Company in a cell array. Each security name is a character vector.

s = {'IBM US Equity','F US Equity'};
fields = {'LAST_PRICE';'OPEN'}; % Retrieve data for last and open prices

[d,sec] = getdata(c,s,fields)

d = 

  struct with fields:

    LAST_PRICE: [2×1 double]
          OPEN: [2×1 double]


sec =

  2×1 cell array

    'IBM US Equity'
    'F US Equity'

Display the last price for both securities.

d.LAST_PRICE

ans =

        166.73
         12.63

Close Bloomberg Connection

close(c)