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MarketWatch API — Quotes, 10-Year History, News
Real-time quotes, ten years of OHLCV history, annual statements, and news from Dow Jones’s flagship market platform — statements and headlines in the same pull, no MarketWatch subscription.
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What You Can Pull From MarketWatch
/api/marketwatch/markets/overviewGlobal market overview snapshot — current price, change, change percent, and open/close status for major indices and asset classes across all regions.
/api/marketwatch/news/searchNews articles matching a keyword, ticker, or topic — article ID, title, URL, source, author, image URL, and publication timestamp.
/api/marketwatch/quotesFull quote for a ticker — price, open, day and 52-week ranges, 50- and 200-day moving averages, market cap, PE ratio, EPS, dividend yield, beta, after-hours data, and a business description.
/api/marketwatch/quotes/historyHistorical OHLCV bars for a ticker — date, open, high, low, close, and volume, at daily, weekly, or monthly intervals over ranges from 1 month to 10 years.
/api/marketwatch/quotes/newsRecent news articles for a specific ticker — the same article structure as news search, filtered to the symbol’s coverage.
/api/marketwatch/quotes/searchSearch ticker symbols and companies by name or symbol — ID, name, exchange, country, ISIN, instrument type, and a futures flag. Covers equities, indices, ETFs, and derivatives.
/api/marketwatch/stocks/financialsAnnual financial statements for a publicly traded stock — income statement, balance sheet, or cash flow, keyed by line item with yearly columns.
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Quotes and Headlines in the Same Pull
Overview, quotes, history, statements, and news — seven MarketWatch endpoints, one key across 500+ sources.
Common Questions
Typically real-time for US equities during market hours and exchange-delayed — usually 15 minutes — for some international markets. The response includes an exchange_delay field in minutes and a quote_at timestamp, so you can surface the delay to end users.