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by SchmalzyB

JavaScript

var url = 'http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=';
var symbol = 'PLXS';
var query = encodeURIComponent("select LastTradePriceOnly,Change from yahoo.finance.quotes where symbol in ('" + symbol + "')");
var format = "&format=json&env=http://datatables.org/alltables.env";

var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET',url + query + format, true);

request.onreadystatechange = function() {
  if (this.readyState === 4) {
    if (this.status >= 200 && this.status < 400) {
      var data = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
      var currentStockPrice = data.query.results.quote.LastTradePriceOnly;
      var change = data.query.results.quote.Change;
      alert(currentStockPrice + " (" + change + ")");
      console.log(data);
      console.log(currentStockPrice);
    }
  }
};

request.send();
request = null;