Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Financial Products News #2012 - 56
Russell Index to be Disseminated in Real-Time on RussellTick Effective Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Markets Impacted:

  • All Markets

Data Feeds Impacted:

  • RussellTick

Contact Information:

 

What you need to know:

  • NASDAQ OMX®, on behalf of Russell Investments, will disseminate six Russell index with increased frequency on RussellTickTM, effective Wednesday, August 8, 2012.
  • As announced in FPN #10, RussellTick currently disseminates the summary messages for these indexes.

What has been announced?

NASDAQ OMX has been requested to increase the dissemination of the following indexes:

  • Russell Fundamental Developed ex-US Large Company USD (Symbol: RUFDXULU)
  • Russell Fundamental Developed ex-US Small Company USD (Symbol: RUFDXUSU)
  • Russell Fundamental Emerging Mkts Large Company (Symbol: RUFGELU)
  • Russell Fundamental US USD (Symbol: RUFUSUSD)
  • Russell Fundamental US Large Company USD (Symbol: RUFUSLU)
  • Russell Fundamental US Small Company USD (Symbol: RUFUSSU)

The increased frequency will assist clients in measuring products against the index. The summary messages will be disseminated as per usual and are unaffected by the increased dissemination frequency.

How will the indexes be disseminated?

Effective Wednesday, August 8, 2012, data recipients will receive real-time information from the proprietary RussellTick data feed.

Index Identifier Index Name Currency Dissemination Frequency Session ID Originator ID
RUFDXULU Russell Fundamental Developed ex-US Large Company USD USD 5-second intervals “A” “RG”
RUFDXUSU Russell Fundamental Developed ex-US Small Company USD USD 5-second intervals “A” “RG”
RUFGELU Russell Fundamental Emerging Mkts Large Company USD 5-second intervals “A” “RG”
RUFUSUSD Russell Fundamental US USD USD 5-second intervals “A” “RU”
RUFUSLU Russell Fundamental US Large Company USD USD 5-second intervals “A” “RU”
RUFUSSU Russell Fundamental US Small Company USD USD 5-second intervals “A” “RU”

NASDAQ OMX will support the following directory messages on RussellTick:

  • 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.

For a full list of the covered indexes on the RussellTick data feed product, please click here.

Where can I find additional information?

Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook RSS and Twitter.

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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