Yahoo API: List market movers
Lists Yahoo Finance's top gainers, top losers, most active stocks, or regional trending tickers in Yahoo's order, with price, change, volume and market cap.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.
- List optional
list Which Yahoo market list to show, for example top_gainers.
top_gainers
One of
top_gainers,top_losers,most_active,trending. Defaulttop_gainers.- Region optional
region Region for trending tickers, for example Canada. Other lists show US stocks.
United States (default)
One of
United States,United Kingdom,Canada,Australia,India,Germany,France,Hong Kong.- Max Results optional
max_results Maximum number of entries, for example 25 (up to 100).
25 (default)
Whole number from 1 to 100.
Input as JSON
{ "list": "top_gainers"}Output
{ "as_of": "2026-10-22T20:02:36+00:00", "movers": [ { "price": 14.69, "change": 2.94, "ticker": "BHVN", "volume": 30491335, "currency": "USD", "market_cap": 2218832896, "quote_link": "https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BHVN/" , "company_name": "Biohaven Ltd.", "percent_change": 25.0213, "market_cap_display": "2.219B", "average_volume_3_months": 3027896, "price_to_earnings_ratio": null }, { "price": 197.21, "change": 24.77, "ticker": "POOL", "volume": 2194900, "currency": "USD", "market_cap": 7166758912, "quote_link": "https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/POOL/" , "company_name": "Pool Corporation", "percent_change": 14.3644, "market_cap_display": "7.167B", "average_volume_3_months": 801360, "price_to_earnings_ratio": 18.09266 }, { "price": 34.25, "change": 4.145, "ticker": "CNXC", "volume": 1662098, "currency": "USD", "market_cap": 2092861312, "quote_link": "https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CNXC/" , "company_name": "Concentrix Corporation", "percent_change": 13.7685, "market_cap_display": "2.093B", "average_volume_3_months": 1535978, "price_to_earnings_ratio": null } ]}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"finance.yahoo.com/list_market_movers","input":{"list":"top_gainers"}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "finance.yahoo.com/list_market_movers" , "input": { "list": "top_gainers" }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "finance.yahoo.com/list_market_movers" , "input": { "list": "top_gainers" } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run finance.yahoo.com/list_market_movers# with {"list":"top_gainers"}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [], "properties": { "list": { "enum": [ "top_gainers", "top_losers", "most_active", "trending" ], "type": "string", "default": "top_gainers", "description": "Which Yahoo market list to show, for example top_gainers." }, "region": { "enum": [ "United States", "United Kingdom", "Canada", "Australia", "India", "Germany", "France", "Hong Kong" ], "type": "string", "default": "United States", "description": "Region for trending tickers, for example Canada. Other lists show US stocks." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 25, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum number of entries, for example 25 (up to 100)." } }}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "as_of", "movers" ], "properties": { "as_of": { "type": "string", "description": "Latest Yahoo quote time for the list, ISO 8601 with a time-zone offset." }, "movers": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "company_name", "ticker", "price", "currency", "change", "percent_change", "volume", "average_volume_3_months", "market_cap", "market_cap_display", "price_to_earnings_ratio", "quote_link" ], "properties": { "price": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "change": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "ticker": { "type": "string" }, "volume": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "currency": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "market_cap": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "quote_link": { "type": "string" }, "company_name": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "percent_change": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "market_cap_display": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "average_volume_3_months": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "price_to_earnings_ratio": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "description": "Market tickers in Yahoo Finance order." } }, "additionalProperties": false}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
finance.yahoo.com/list_market_movers- Returns
- company name, ticker, price, change, volume, market cap, P/E, quote link
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/list_market_movers with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
- Show me the biggest stock gainers today with their prices and market caps
- What are the top losing stocks right now? List 10 with percent change and volume
- Which shares are most actively traded this session on Yahoo Finance?
- Give me the trending tickers in Germany with P/E ratios and quote links
- Pull up the 50 largest daily movers in the UK market, including volume and market cap
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