Australia, stock charts: how to get them for free?

Whether it comes to a single stock from Australia, a stock index or the entire market of Australia, it is good to have a reliable, standard chart solution you can always turn to.

If it is free - meaning really free, so free without any restrictions while no registration is required, like Chartoasis Chili - it is even better! Let's see how you can make a chart for stocks like BHP BLT FPO or TELSTRA FPO .

Example stock chart from Australia (BHP BLT FPO) created with the free software Chartoasis Chili

Example stock chart from Australia (BHP BLT FPO) created with the free software Chartoasis Chili.

Step1: getting the data

Support for stocks from Australia

Australia's stocks supported Chartoasis Chili
Stock Exchange: Australian Securities Exchange
Most up-to-date, free market data source:
- Yahoo! Finance (Data download help for Australia's stocks)

For stock charts from Australia we suggest downloading market data from Yahoo! Finance. (If you are not familiar with dowloading data, visit this link, and a guide will explain how to do that exactly.)


Step2: getting the chart

  1. Open Chartoasis Chili. It runs from a browser, there is no need to install anything.
  2. Load data using the file loading button:
    Chartoasis Chili file loading link

Step3 (optional): fine tuning the chart

You may want to change a couple things on the chart.
  • You can rename the equity on the chart (equity name is derived from the file name by default).
  • If data does not appear properly, you can re-import it using the "Importing wizard" button.
  • You can change the chart type and the color of the chart (eg.: area chart, line chart, candlesticks).

You can also make a full technical analysis with Chartoasis Chili, see details here.

Hint: if you want to compare multiple stocks' performance, download each data file, and load them to different tabs, then visit the "Comparison chart" tab.

Stock examples from Australia

Stocks below can be analyzed with our chart software, but these are just examples - our chart application supports all stocks from Australia.

Stock name Quick link Download
guide
BHP BLT FPO BHP BLT FPO:
Historical data (Yahoo! Finance)
Data download
help
NAT. BANK FPO NAT. BANK FPO:
Historical data (Yahoo! Finance)
Data download
help
RIO TINTO FPO RIO TINTO FPO:
Historical data (Yahoo! Finance)
Data download
help
TELSTRA FPO TELSTRA FPO:
Historical data (Yahoo! Finance)
Data download
help
WOOLWORTHS FPO WOOLWORTHS FPO:
Historical data (Yahoo! Finance)
Data download
help