There is something called a 'GICS Classification' which is essentially
an eight digit number which describes which industry a stock is in. 
How can I get this information for any US stock from the web for free
-- or for less than $100 per month?

Only answers which allow me to get this information for >99% of ALL
stocks listed on the NYSE and the NASDAQ NMS which have GICS
classifications will merit the fee.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 06 Dec 2005 12:48 PST

joeh777-ga,

I don't see any comprehensive source of free GICS listings, which
stands to reason, since the full list is a proprietary product.

What I have found are several fairly large lists of companies and GICS
codes that were published to the web for a number of different
reasons.

There's a GICS list of the S&P 500, another of about 1,700 technology
companies, and another with a few hundred firms, but it's not clear
for what reason they were all assembled together!

All told, though, there are lists containing a few thousand companies
and their associated GICS codes.  For instance:


ABT	Abbott Labs	          35202010
ADCT	ADC Telecommunications	  45201020
ADBE	Adobe Systems	          45103020
AMD	Advanced Micro Devices	  45205020
AES	AES Corp.	          55101010
AET	Aetna Inc. (New)	  35102030
AFL	AFLAC Inc.	          40301020
A	Agilent Technologies	  45203010
APD	Air Products & Chemicals  15101040
ACV	Alberto-Culver	          30302010
ABS	Albertson's	          30101030
AL	Alcan Inc.	          15104010
AA	Alcoa Inc.	          15104010
.
.
.
WEN     Wendy's International     25301040 

and so on.


Would these lists be of interest to you as an answer to your question?


pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by joeh777-ga on 07 Dec 2005 11:14 PST

I'm looking for periodically (daily) updated data.  This information
changes over time, and I'm not looking for some particular snapshot in
time for a subset of US stocks.  I need continually updated
information.