Monday, April 30, 2012

Financial Products News #2012 - 29
NASDAQ OMX to Launch New Index Effective Friday, May 11, 2012

Markets Impacted:

  • All Markets

Data Feeds Impacted:

Contact Information:

What you need to know:

  • Effective Friday, May 11, 2012, NASDAQ OMX® will begin disseminating the new Nordea NASDAQ OMX Russia 15 Index NTR (Symbol: NORUX15NTR) on the Global Index Data ServiceSM (GIDSSM).

What is the new indexes?

The Nordea NASDAQ OMX Russia 15 Index NTR is a free float adjusted and capped market value weighted index based on the 15 largest and most traded Russian Depositary Receipts traded on London Stock Exchange International Order Book (IOB). The purpose of the Index is to mirror the performance of the largest and most actively traded Russia blue chip stocks. The Index is constructed as a tradable index and is used as underlying for derivative products. The Index is adjusted for dividends after the deduction of the withholding tax rate, which is determined by Nordea.

How will the index be disseminated?

Effective Friday, May 11, 2012, data recipients will receive real-time index information from the proprietary GIDS data feed.

NASDAQ OMX will identify these indexes via the following data elements in GIDS:

Index Identifier Index Name Currency Dissemination Frequency Session ID Originator ID
NORUX15NTR Nordea NASDAQ OMX Russia 15 Index NTR USD 15-second updates "A" "Q"

NASDAQ OMX will also support the following directory messages on GIDS:

  • Index End of Day Summary (Category A - Type B): Disseminated at the end of the U.S. and European trading session to relay closing index summary data.
  • Index Directory (Category A - Type C): Disseminated at the start of each day to relay basic index information.

Please note: NASDAQ OMX will not support an official Index Settlement Value at this time.

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About the NASDAQ OMX Group:
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,600 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit www.nasdaqomx.com.

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