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Yahoo API: Get price history

Returns Yahoo Finance daily, weekly or monthly price history and total adjusted-close return for a stock, fund, index or cryptocurrency.

finance.yahoo.com (opens in a new tab)Version 1ReadNo sign-inVerified Nov 2, 2026

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

Asset, requiredasset

Company, fund, index, or cryptocurrency name or ticker, for example Apple, AAPL, S&P 500, or Bitcoin.

Apple

End Date optionalend_date

Last date to include (YYYY-MM-DD), for example 2026-09-18. Defaults to today.

2026-09-18

Frequency optionalfrequency

Price grouping, for example weekly. Defaults to daily.

daily (default)

One of daily, weekly, monthly.

Start Date optionalstart_date

First date to include (YYYY-MM-DD), for example 2026-01-01. Defaults to one year ago.

2026-09-01

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "name": "Apple Inc.",  "prices": [    {      "low": 314.7300109863281,      "date": "2026-09-01",      "high": 327.29998779296875,      "open": 316.9800109863281,      "close": 325.1300048828125,      "volume": 53167400,      "adjusted_close": 325.1300048828125    },    {      "low": 323.5299987792969,      "date": "2026-09-02",      "high": 328.3999938964844,      "open": 326.8699951171875,      "close": 324.9599914550781,      "volume": 33776400,      "adjusted_close": 324.9599914550781    },    {      "low": 324.1099853515625,      "date": "2026-09-03",      "high": 330.80999755859375,      "open": 324.8699951171875,      "close": 328.2099914550781,      "volume": 37225800,      "adjusted_close": 328.2099914550781    }  ],  "ticker": "AAPL",  "currency": "USD",  "yahoo_finance_link": "https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AAPL/history/",  "total_return_percent": 3.383262028973544}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
finance.yahoo.com/get_price_history
Returns
name, ticker, currency, total return percent, price rows (date, open, high, low, close, adjusted close, volume)

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method finance.yahoo.com/get_price_history with the inputs above.

Ask your agent

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