Currency conversion in Stocks App

Here is a useful tip if you are planning to travel overseas for work or pleasure.  The iPhone’s built-in Stocks application can, of course, be used to track stocks.  But you can also use the application to track currency conversation rates.

In the Stocks application, type on the info button in the bottom right corner, then on the next screen tap the + in the top left corner.  A search field will come up, and instead of entering a stock symbol in that field, type usdeur=x and then click the Search button at the bottom right of the screen (or just wait a few seconds).  You will see an entry come up called USD to EUR, as shown in the below picture.  Tap that entry to add it to your list of Stocks.  Now, the Stock application will always show you how many Euros you can get for $1, including a chart to see how the exchange rates have changed over time (up to the past two years).  I see, for example, that just a few months ago I would get .62 Euros for my dollar, but it has recently gone as high as .80 Euros per dollar and is currently at .78.

You can do the same thing with other currencies.  For example, usdrub=x will give you the U.S. dollar to Russian Ruble exchange rate.  Here are a few examples of the three letter abbreviations that you can use:

• USD – US Dollar
• EUR – Euro
• GBP – UK Pound
• JPY – Japanese Yen
• CAD – Canadian Dollar
• AUD – Australian Dollar
• CHF – Swiss Franc

To see a list of all 154 currencies that can be converted — something I also refer to as a list of a whole bunch of currency that I didn’t even know existed — click on the “Continue Reading” link below.  And thanks to Mac OS X Hints for an old post that brought this to my attention.

   

The Stocks application uses the Yahoo! Currency Converter, available here.  Thus, it appears that any of the following currencies can be converted by using the following three letter codes.  Please let me know if you are the first person to try them all out.

1. Albanian Lek: ALL
2. Algerian Dinar: DZD
3. Aluminium Ounces: XAL
4. Argentine Peso: ARS
5. Aruba Florin: AWG
6. Australian Dollar: AUD
7. Bahamian Dollar: BSD
8. Bahraini Dinar: BHD
9. Bangladesh Taka: BDT
10. Barbados Dollar: BBD
11. Belarus Ruble: BYR
12. Belize Dollar: BZD
13. Bermuda Dollar: BMD
14. Bhutan Ngultrum: BTN
15. Bolivian Boliviano: BOB
16. Botswana Pula: BWP
17. Brazilian Real: BRL
18. British Pound: GBP
19. Brunei Dollar: BND
20. Bulgarian Lev: BGN
21. Burundi Franc: BIF
22. Cambodia Riel: KHR
23. Canadian Dollar: CAD
24. Cape Verde Escudo: CVE
25. Cayman Islands Dollar: KYD
26. CFA Franc: BCEAO: XOF
27. CFA Franc: BEAC: XAF
28. Chilean Peso: CLP
29. Chinese Yuan: CNY
30. Colombian Peso: COP
31. Comoros Franc: KMF
32. Copper Pounds: XCP
33. Costa Rica Colon: CRC
34. Croatian Kuna: HRK
35. Cuban Peso: CUP
36. Cyprus Pound: CYP
37. Czech Koruna: CZK
38. Danish Krone: DKK
39. Dijibouti Franc: DJF
40. Dominican Peso: DOP
41. East Caribbean Dollar: XCD
42. Ecuador Sucre: ECS
43. Egyptian Pound: EGP
44. El Salvador Colon: SVC
45. Eritrea Nakfa: ERN
46. Estonian Kroon: EEK
47. Ethiopian Birr: ETB
48. Euro: EUR
49. Falkland Islands Pound: FKP
50. Fiji Dollar: FJD
51. Gambian Dalasi: GMD
52. Ghanian Cedi: GHC
53. Gibraltar Pound: GIP
54. Gold Ounces: XAU
55. Guatemala Quetzal: GTQ
56. Guinea Franc: GNF
57. Guyana Dollar: GYD
58. Haiti Gourde: HTG
59. Honduras Lempira: HNL
60. Hong Kong Dollar: HKD
61. Hungarian Forint: HUF
62. Iceland Krona: ISK
63. Indian Rupee: INR
64. Indonesian Rupiah: IDR
65. Iran Rial: IRR
66. Iraqi Dinar: IQD
67. Israeli Shekel: ILS
68. Jamaican Dollar: JMD
69. Japanese Yen: JPY
70. Jordanian Dinar: JOD
71. Kazakhstan Tenge: KZT
72. Kenyan Shilling: KES
73. Korean Won: KRW
74. Kuwaiti Dinar: KWD
75. Lao Kip: LAK
76. Latvian Lat: LVL
77. Lebanese Pound: LBP
78. Lesotho Loti: LSL
79. Liberian Dollar: LRD
80. Libyan Dinar: LYD
81. Lithuanian Lita: LTL
82. Macau Pataca: MOP
83. Macedonian Denar: MKD
84. Malawi Kwacha: MWK
85. Malaysian Ringgit: MYR
86. Maldives Rufiyaa: MVR
87. Maltese Lira: MTL
88. Mauritania Ougulya: MRO
89. Mauritius Rupee: MUR
90. Mexican Peso: MXN
91. Moldovan Leu: MDL
92. Mongolian Tugrik: MNT
93. Moroccan Dirham: MAD
94. Myanmar Kyat: MMK
95. Namibian Dollar: NAD
96. Nepalese Rupee: NPR
97. Neth Antilles Guilder: ANG
98. New Turkish Lira: TRY
99. New Zealand Dollar: NZD
100. Nicaragua Cordoba: NIO
101. Nigerian Naira: NGN
102. North Korean Won: KPW
103. Norwegian Krone: NOK
104. Omani Rial: OMR
105. Pacific Franc: XPF
106. Pakistani Rupee: PKR
107. Palladium Ounces: XPD
108. Panama Balboa: PAB
109. Papua New Guinea Kina: PGK
110. Paraguayan Guarani: PYG
111. Peruvian Nuevo Sol: PEN
112. Philippine Peso: PHP
113. Platinum Ounces: XPT
114. Polish Zloty: PLN
115. Qatar Rial: QAR
116. Romanian New Leu: RON
117. Russian Rouble: RUB
118. Rwanda Franc: RWF
119. Samoa Tala: WST
120. Sao Tome Dobra: STD
121. Saudi Arabian Riyal: SAR
122. Seychelles Rupee: SCR
123. Sierra Leone Leone: SLL
124. Silver Ounces: XAG
125. Singapore Dollar: SGD
126. Slovak Koruna: SKK
127. Slovenian Tolar: SIT
128. Solomon Islands Dollar: SBD
129. Somali Shilling: SOS
130. South African Rand: ZAR
131. Sri Lanka Rupee: LKR
132. St Helena Pound: SHP
133. Sudanese Dinar: SDD
134. Swaziland Lilageni: SZL
135. Swedish Krona: SEK
136. Swiss Franc: CHF
137. Syrian Pound: SYP
138. Taiwan Dollar: TWD
139. Tanzanian Shilling: TZS
140. Thai Baht: THB
141. Tonga Pa’anga: TOP
142. Trinidad & Tobago Dollar: TTD
143. Tunisian Dinar: TND
144. U.S. Dollar: USD
145. UAE Dirham: AED
146. Ugandan Shilling: UGX
147. Ukraine Hryvnia: UAH
148. Uruguayan New Peso: UYU
149. Vanuatu Vatu: VUV
150. Venezuelan Bolivar: VEB
151. Vietnam Dong: VND
152. Yemen Riyal: YER
153. Zambian Kwacha: ZMK
154. Zimbabwe Dollar: ZWD