Industry Performance
Returns industry performance - the average price change, as a decimal (0.0125 means +1.25%), of the companies listed on an exchange (NASDAQ by default) in each industry. Provide exactly one of date (a snapshot across all industries on that date) or industry (the historical time series for one industry).
Also known as: industry performance snapshot, industry performance history, industry trend.
Industry Performance in Python or via the MCP
Install the Finance Toolkit with:
pip install financetoolkit -U
Then call get_industry_performance as shown below.
from financetoolkit import Discovery
discovery = Discovery(api_key="FINANCIAL_MODELING_PREP_KEY")
industry_snapshot = discovery.get_industry_performance(date="2024-02-01")
industry_snapshot.head()
industry_history = discovery.get_industry_performance(industry="Biotechnology")
industry_history.tail()
Or, after setting up the Finance Toolkit MCP, ask:
How did NASDAQ-listed biotechnology stocks perform on each trading day from 19 to 23 October 2026?
Which returns:
| Date | Industry | Exchange | Average Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 00:00:00 | Biotechnology | NASDAQ | 0.00476346 |
| 2026-10-20 00:00:00 | Biotechnology | NASDAQ | 0.0238001 |
| 2026-10-21 00:00:00 | Biotechnology | NASDAQ | 0.00810473 |
| 2026-10-22 00:00:00 | Biotechnology | NASDAQ | 0.00288922 |
| 2026-10-23 00:00:00 | Biotechnology | NASDAQ | -0.00890932 |
Parameters
get_industry_performance accepts the following parameters.
| Parameter | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
date | str | The date to retrieve a snapshot for, e.g. “2024-02-01”. Defaults to None. | "2025-03-31" |
industry | str | The industry to retrieve the history for, e.g. “Biotechnology”. Defaults to None. | "Semiconductors" |
start_date | str | The start of the history of one industry. Defaults to a year ago. | "2025-01-01" |
end_date | str | The end of the history of one industry. Defaults to today. | "2025-12-31" |
exchange | str | The exchange whose companies are averaged, “NASDAQ”, “NYSE” or “AMEX”. Defaults to “NASDAQ”. | "NASDAQ" |