# Market Data API

> Browse African exchanges and consume MyStocks quotes, historical prices, charts, companies, news, and market intelligence.

The Market Data API is read-only and can be used with a full partner key or a restricted data key. It covers exchange catalogues, stock and ETF prices, historical candles, charts, company profiles, news, market status, and curated market intelligence. African equity prices are exchange-supplied on a 15-minute-delayed basis; they are not real-time quotes.

<Cards>
  <Card title="Get started" href="/partners/docs/getting-started-market-data">Fetch your first exchange, stock, and historical price response.</Card>
  <Card title="Stocks and ETFs" href="/partners/docs/stocks">Browse symbols, quotes, fundamentals, news, and chart data.</Card>
  <Card title="Historical and charts" href="/partners/docs/historical-market-data">Request date-bounded daily, weekly, and monthly candles.</Card>
  <Card title="API Tester" href="/partners/docs/api-tester">Try read-only market-data endpoints.</Card>
</Cards>

MyStocks holds full market-data rights for every supported exchange. The 15-minute delay is the
exchange feed's latency class, not a licensing limitation. The API is pull-based and targets a
15-minute refresh cadence during the published coverage window; always display or retain `asOf`.
Every listed African equity has EOD price history for a line chart. Reported OHLCV is available only
where the source series contains it, so use `recommendedChartType` and the quality metadata before
rendering candlesticks or volume. SSE and webhooks deliver state-change events; they are not
tick-by-tick price feeds. See [Data Licensing](/partners/docs/data-licensing).