Stock Index Values in Google Sheets & Excel

What this pulls

Track major indexes from a cell. Returns live S&P 500, Nasdaq or Dow values, auto-refreshing — Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 5 credits per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

stockindex.xlsxsample data

B2fx=VERVE("stockindex", A2, "field", "name")

Index

Name

Year

Month

Count

sp500

S&P 500

2023

click any cell to see its formula5 credits / cell

Ways to use it

Live financial model

Drop =VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "field", "name") into a cell and your model reads the latest number every refresh — no more pasting figures from a browser tab into a stale sheet.

Track a whole watchlist

Fill a column beside your list of tickers or currencies and every row updates together, so a hundred-row watchlist stays current on its own.

Dashboards that don't rot

Point a chart at the cell =VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "field", "name") feeds and the chart re-draws as the data moves — a finance dashboard that's live instead of a Monday-morning snapshot.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "field", "name")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("stockindex", "sp500", "field", "name")

Optional inputs

Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.

yearPremium
Year to retrieve data for (2010-present). Requires month parameter.
=VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "year", "2023")
monthPremium
Month to retrieve data for (1-12). Required when year is specified.
=VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "month", "6")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Name
=VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "field", "name")
Count
=VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "field", "count")
Entries
=VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "field", "entries")
Entries › Date
=VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "field", "entries.0.date")
Entries › Value
=VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "field", "entries.0.value")
Index
=VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "field", "index")
Year
=VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "field", "year")
Month
=VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "field", "month")

Premium marks data included on paid plans. On the Free plan a marked field is withheld and a marked input is ignored — either way the cell reads #PREMIUM(name) instead of a value, so a gated answer can never be mistaken for a real one. Everything unmarked works on every plan. Compare plans

Stock Index Values, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Stock Index Values into Google Sheets?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "field", "name") into any cell. The "field" argument names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.

What data can I pull from Stock Index Values?

Stock Index Values returns name, count, entries, entries.0.date and entries.0.value, plus 3 more — name any one of them as the "field" argument and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.

Can I narrow what Stock Index Values returns?

Yes — Stock Index Values takes "year" and "month" as optional inputs. They go in as "name", value pairs after the required ones, in any order, so =VERVE("stockindex", "sp500", "year", "2023") shapes the result without changing anything else.

Can I fill a whole column of Stock Index Values at once?

Yes. Put your index values down a column and point the formula at the range — A2:A50 instead of A2 — and one call returns a value for every row. Dragging the formula down works too, but the range form is a single billed call per column rather than one per cell.

How many credits does each Stock Index Values cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 5 credits. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.

Does Stock Index Values work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.

Stock Index Values

Live financial model

Track a whole watchlist

Dashboards that don't rot

Stock Index Values, answered

Put Stock Index Values in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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