# MarketWatch Scraper — Financial News & Market Data (`fervent_bus/marketwatch-scraper`) Actor

Scrape MarketWatch for stock market news, financial analysis, stock quotes, and market trends. Get article titles, authors, publish dates, URLs, and summaries. Ideal for traders, analysts, and hedge funds. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, and AI agents via Apify MCP.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fervent\_bus/marketwatch-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Archit Khurana](https://apify.com/fervent_bus) (community)
- **Categories:** AI
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## MarketWatch Stock Scraper — Real-Time Quotes & News

Extract real-time stock quotes, price changes, and latest financial news from MarketWatch.com. Get accurate market data for any stock symbol with related news headlines.

### Why Use This Scraper?

**AI Agent Ready**: Works seamlessly with Claude, ChatGPT, and AI agents via Apify MCP for automated market research and trading insights.

**For Traders & Investors**: Track stock prices, monitor market movements, and get latest news for your portfolio companies — all in structured JSON format.

**For Financial Analysts**: Collect market data at scale for quantitative analysis, backtesting strategies, or building financial dashboards.

**For Developers**: Integrate real-time market data into your applications without dealing with rate-limited APIs or complex authentication.

### What Data You Get

Each result includes:

- **Stock Symbol**: Ticker symbol (e.g., AAPL, GOOGL)
- **Company Name**: Full company name
- **Current Price**: Real-time stock price
- **Price Change**: Point change and percentage change
- **Latest News**: Up to 5 recent headlines with links
- **Timestamp**: When the data was scraped

### Input Example

```json
{
  "stockSymbols": ["AAPL", "GOOGL", "MSFT", "AMZN", "TSLA"],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}
```

### Output Example

```json
{
  "symbol": "AAPL",
  "companyName": "Apple Inc.",
  "price": "$174.25",
  "change": "+2.15",
  "changePercent": "+1.25%",
  "newsHeadlines": [
    {
      "headline": "Apple announces new iPhone lineup",
      "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/..."
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/aapl",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-18T15:20:00.000Z"
}
```

### AI Agent Queries This Ranks For

- "Get real-time stock prices for FAANG companies"
- "Scrape MarketWatch stock quotes and news"
- "Extract market data for multiple stock symbols"
- "Monitor stock price changes from MarketWatch"
- "Get financial news headlines for specific stocks"
- "Fetch current stock market data"
- "MarketWatch stock data API alternative"
- "Scrape stock quotes without API limits"

### Features

✅ **No Rate Limits**: Scrape as many stocks as you need\
✅ **Real-Time Data**: Get current market prices and news\
✅ **Residential Proxies**: Reliable access with Apify proxy\
✅ **Error Handling**: Graceful fallbacks for missing data\
✅ **Structured Output**: Clean JSON perfect for analysis\
✅ **News Integration**: Latest headlines with each stock quote

### Pricing

- **$0.005 per result** scraped (1000 results = $5)
- **$0.05 actor start fee** per run

### Tags

stock-market, financial-data, marketwatch, stock-quotes, market-data, stock-news, trading, investing, finance, real-time-data

# Actor input Schema

## `stockSymbols` (type: `array`):

List of stock ticker symbols to scrape (e.g., AAPL, GOOGL, MSFT)

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of stocks to scrape

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for scraping

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "stockSymbols": [
    "AAPL",
    "GOOGL",
    "MSFT"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `symbol` (type: `string`):

Stock ticker symbol

## `companyName` (type: `string`):

Company name

## `price` (type: `string`):

Current stock price

## `change` (type: `string`):

Price change in points

## `changePercent` (type: `string`):

Price change percentage

## `url` (type: `string`):

Source URL

## `scrapedAt` (type: `string`):

Timestamp

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "stockSymbols": [
        "AAPL",
        "GOOGL",
        "MSFT",
        "AMZN",
        "TSLA"
    ],
    "maxResults": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("fervent_bus/marketwatch-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "stockSymbols": [
        "AAPL",
        "GOOGL",
        "MSFT",
        "AMZN",
        "TSLA",
    ],
    "maxResults": 10,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fervent_bus/marketwatch-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "stockSymbols": [
    "AAPL",
    "GOOGL",
    "MSFT",
    "AMZN",
    "TSLA"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call fervent_bus/marketwatch-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,fervent_bus/marketwatch-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/JLfeDoUb7h0kG1dhn/builds/9eKA1QPCXMM5vsHcz/openapi.json