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title: index
description: This page provides documentation for the OpenBB Terminal SDK functions
  for fetching and visualizing economic indices data from Yahoo Finance. It provides
  Python code examples and explains parameters and returns in detail.
keywords:
- Docusaurus documentation
- OpenBB Terminal SDK
- Economy indices
- Yahoo Finance data
- Data visualization
- Python code examples
- Data intervals
- Data start and end dates
- Adjusted Close
- Cumulative returns on index
- Export data
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Get data on selected indices over time [Source: Yahoo Finance]

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/economy/yfinance_model.py#L672)]

```python
openbb.economy.index(indices: list, interval: str = "1d", start_date: int = None, end_date: int = None, column: str = "Adj Close", returns: bool = False)
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Default | Optional |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| indices | list | A list of indices to get data. Available indices can be accessed through economy.available_indices(). | None | False |
| interval | str | Valid intervals: 1m,2m,5m,15m,30m,60m,90m,1h,1d,5d,1wk,1mo,3mo<br/>Intraday data cannot extend last 60 days | 1d | True |
| start_date | str | The starting date, format "YEAR-MONTH-DAY", i.e. 2010-12-31. | None | True |
| end_date | str | The end date, format "YEAR-MONTH-DAY", i.e. 2020-06-05. | None | True |
| column | str | Which column to load in, by default "Adjusted Close". | Adj Close | True |
| returns | bool | Flag to show cumulative returns on index | False | True |


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## Returns

| Type | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| pd.Dataframe | Dataframe with historical data on selected indices. |
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## Examples

```python
from openbb_terminal.sdk import openbb
openbb.economy.available_indices()
openbb.economy.index(["^GSPC", "sp400"])
```

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Load (and show) the selected indices over time [Source: Yahoo Finance]

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/economy/yfinance_view.py#L30)]

```python
openbb.economy.index_chart(indices: list, interval: str = "1d", start_date: int = None, end_date: int = None, column: str = "Adj Close", returns: bool = False, raw: bool = False, external_axes: Optional[List[axes]] = None, export: str = "")
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Default | Optional |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| indices | list | A list of indices you wish to load (and plot).<br/>Available indices can be accessed through economy.available_indices(). | None | False |
| interval | str | Valid intervals: 1m,2m,5m,15m,30m,60m,90m,1h,1d,5d,1wk,1mo,3mo<br/>Intraday data cannot extend last 60 days | 1d | True |
| start_date | str | The starting date, format "YEAR-MONTH-DAY", i.e. 2010-12-31. | None | True |
| end_date | str | The end date, format "YEAR-MONTH-DAY", i.e. 2020-06-05. | None | True |
| column | str | Which column to load in, by default this is the Adjusted Close. | Adj Close | True |
| returns | bool | Flag to show cumulative returns on index | False | True |
| raw | bool | Whether to display the raw output. | False | True |
| external_axes | Optional[List[plt.axes]] | External axes to plot on | None | True |
| export | str | Export data to csv,json,xlsx or png,jpg,pdf,svg file |  | True |


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## Returns

| Type | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| Plots the Series. |  |
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