The Pyth Network has started offering index products that track US equities, metals, and oil around the clock. The new products give investors access to continuous pricing data for these traditional assets outside regular market hours, a shift from the daytime-only pricing typical of conventional stock and commodity indexes.
What the Index Products Cover
The suite includes indexes for major US stock benchmarks, precious metals such as gold and silver, and crude oil. Unlike standard exchange-traded indexes that update only when markets are open, these products provide price feeds every second of the day. The network aims to serve traders and applications that need real-time or historical data at any hour — not just during the 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern window.
Why Continuous Pricing Matters
Most equity indexes settle once a day and don’t reflect price moves that happen in after-hours or pre-market trading. For commodities like oil and metals, global events can shift prices overnight. The Pyth Network’s round-the-clock index products fill that gap, letting decentralized finance protocols, trading bots, and individual users reference a consistent, always-on price benchmark. For example, a trader using an automated strategy on a Sunday evening in New York can still get a live index value for crude oil, even though futures markets are closed for the weekend.
How the Products Work
The company aggregates pricing data from multiple sources to calculate each index. Subscribers can access the feeds through the network’s existing data distribution system. The indexes themselves are not tradeable tokens or funds — they are reference prices meant for use in smart contracts, analytics, and other data-driven applications. The launch expands the Pyth Network’s existing portfolio, which already includes over 350 price feeds for cryptocurrencies, forex pairs, and other assets.
Availability is immediate. Users can start pulling the new index data through the network’s standard APIs and oracles. The company has not announced any plans to add additional indexes or asset classes at this time.
