US Stock Market News Scraper

US Stock Market News Scraper | Ticker Filter | Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance

Collect the latest US stock market news from Bloomberg, MarketWatch, and Yahoo Finance in clean JSON. Filter by stock ticker, company name, or keyword. No login, no API keys — built for trading dashboards, portfolio alerts, sentiment pipelines, and AI/RAG datasets.

Runs in seconds over public RSS feeds. Returns headlines, summaries, publication dates, auto-detected tickers, and article links — ready to download or consume via the Apify API.

Built-in presets focus on US markets. For other regions, set feedPreset to custom and add your own RSS feed URLs.

For AI agents

This Actor is designed for MCP and API discovery:

• Search terms: stock market news, financial news RSS, Bloomberg news, ticker news, Yahoo Finance headlines
• Actor name: stock-market-news-collector
• Primary output: dataset items (headline, articleLink, tickers, publishedDate)
• Run outcome: always succeeds — check OUTPUT.runStatus when count is 0
• Agent guide: see ./AGENTS.md for input recipes, output fields, and common mistakes

Apify MCP fetch-actor-details returns input schema, output schema, dataset field examples, and this README.

What you get

Each article in the dataset:

{
  "headline": "US Stocks Rise as Indexes on Track for Best Quarter Since 2020",
  "source": "Bloomberg Markets",
  "author": null,
  "publishedDate": "2026-06-30T17:00:00.000Z",
  "articleLink": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...",
  "summary": "US equities climbed as investors weighed...",
  "categories": ["Markets"],
  "imageUrl": "https://...",
  "tickers": ["AAPL"],
  "dedupeKey": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...",
  "sourceFeed": "https://feeds.bloomberg.com/markets/news.rss",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-06-30T17:14:35.211Z"
}

Each run also produces a run summary in the Output tab (feed stats, failures, and runStatus: ok, partial, no_items, all_feeds_failed, or error).

Use cases

• Portfolio watchlist alerts — filter by tickers like AAPL, TSLA, or NVDA
• Trading dashboards — feed headlines into your app via the Apify API
• Sentiment and NLP pipelines — headlines and summaries for classification or entity extraction
• AI and RAG datasets — structured financial news JSON for retrieval or fine-tuning
• Market research — multi-source news with deduplication and date filters

How to use this stock market news scraper

1. Open the Actor on Apify and choose a Feed preset (US markets is the default).
2. Optionally set Stock tickers, Company names, or adjust Include keywords.
3. Click Start — results appear in the Output tab within seconds.
4. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or integrate via the Apify API.

Watchlist example

Articles must match both your tickers and the default finance keyword filter. To skip keyword filtering, set includeKeywords to [].

{
  "feedPreset": "us_markets",
  "tickers": ["AAPL", "TSLA"],
  "tickerMatchMode": "any",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "hoursBack": 24
}

All articles from feeds (no keyword filter)

{
  "feedPreset": "us_markets",
  "includeKeywords": [],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "hoursBack": 24
}

Custom RSS feeds

{
  "feedPreset": "custom",
  "feeds": [
    { "name": "My feed", "url": "https://example.com/rss.xml" }
  ],
  "includeKeywords": [],
  "maxItems": 50
}

Apify API (Node.js)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('YOUR_USERNAME/stock-market-news-collector').call({
    tickers: ['AAPL', 'NVDA'],
    maxItems: 25,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Feed presets

Preset	Sources	Best for
us_markets (default)	MarketWatch Top Stories, MarketWatch Market Pulse, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg	US equities and market headlines
global_markets	Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch Top Stories	Broader coverage (US-English sources)
earnings	MarketWatch Market Pulse, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg	Earnings and corporate news
custom	Your own RSS URLs	Any region or publisher

Input parameters

Field	Default	Description
feedPreset	us_markets	Feed bundle or custom
feeds	[]	RSS URLs when preset is custom
tickers	[]	Filter by symbols; leave empty to disable
companies	[]	Filter by company name in headline/summary
tickerMatchMode	any	any or all tickers must match
includeKeywords	Finance terms	Match headline + summary; set [] to disable
excludeKeywords	[]	Exclude matching articles
maxItems	50	Max articles returned (25 on free Apify plan)
hoursBack	24	Only articles from the last N hours (0 = no date filter)
deduplicate	true	Remove cross-feed duplicates by article URL

Advanced: maxItemsPerFeed, requestTimeoutMs (default 15000), feedRetries (default 1).

Reliability

• Runs always finish successfully — check runStatus in the run summary if results look empty
• Feeds are fetched in parallel; one slow or failed feed does not stop the rest
• Failed feeds are listed in the run summary with error details
• Keyword filters apply to headline and summary only, not publisher names
• Articles with missing dates are still included when hoursBack is set

Pricing

Pay per article returned on Apify Store, plus a small run fee.

Free Apify plan users receive up to 25 articles per run. Paid plans allow up to 500 articles per run.

Integrations

Schedule runs with Apify, or connect via Make, Zapier, n8n, and webhooks for automated news monitoring.

FAQ

Can I filter news by stock ticker?

Yes. Set tickers to symbols like AAPL or TSLA. Ticker filtering works alongside the default keyword filter — both must match unless you set includeKeywords to [].

Does this cover non-US markets?

Built-in presets use US-English finance feeds. For other regions, use feedPreset: "custom" with regional RSS URLs.

How do I get all articles without keyword filtering?

Set includeKeywords to an empty array []. By default, articles must contain at least one finance keyword (stock, market, earnings, etc.).

How often should I run it?

For watchlist monitoring, every 15–60 minutes during market hours works well.

Why are some summaries empty?

Some publishers (e.g. Yahoo Finance) omit summaries in RSS. Headline, link, and date are still included.

Why did I get zero articles?

Common causes: ticker or keyword filters too strict, hoursBack window too narrow, or all feeds failed. Check runStatus in the run summary and try relaxing filters or setting includeKeywords to [].

Is this legal?

The Actor reads public RSS feeds. Verify publisher terms if you redistribute commercially.

Limitations

• Headlines and RSS summaries only — not full paywalled article text
• Ticker detection is best-effort — verify important matches manually
• Built-in feeds are US-English; add custom feeds for other regions
• Default keyword filter may exclude relevant articles that lack finance terms in the headline or summary

Use only feeds and content you are allowed to collect under applicable terms of service.