Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Financial Products News #2012 - 61
NASDAQ OMX to Launch Six New Indexes Effective Monday, September 10, 2012

Markets Impacted:

  • All Markets

Data Feeds Impacted:

  • Global Data Index Service (GIDS and GIDS 2.0)

Contact Information:

What you need to know:


What is being announced?

Effective September 10th, NASDAQ OMX will begin disseminating six new indexes on the proprietary GIDS and GIDS 2.0 data feeds:

  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Oil Universe Index (Symbol: NQAXOILU)
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Oil Universe Total Return Index (Symbol: NQAXOILUX)
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Gold Universe Index (Symbol: NQAXGLDU)
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Gold Universe Total Return Index (Symbol: NQAXGLDUX)
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Agriculture Universe Index (Symbol: NQAXAGRU)
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Agriculture Universe Total Return Index (Symbol: NQAXAGRUX)

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

What are the new indexes?

The NASDAQ OMX Axioma Equity-Universe Commodity Oil Index is designed to track is designed to track the performance of a subset of companies engaged in oil-related activities.

The NASDAQ OMX Axioma Equity-Commodity Gold Universe Index is designed to track the performance of a subset of companies engaged in gold-related activities.

The NASDAQ OMX Axioma Equity-Commodity Agriculture Universe Index is designed to track the performance of a subset of companies engaged in agriculture- related activities.

How will the indexes be disseminated on GIDS?

NASDAQ OMX will identify this index via the following data elements in GIDS:

Index Identifier Index Name Currency Dissemination Frequency Session ID Originator ID
NQAXOILU NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Oil Universe Index USD 1-second intervals "A" "Q"
NQAXOILUX NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Oil Universe Total Return Index USD 1-second intervals "A" "Q"
NQAXGLDU NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Gold Universe Index USD 1-second intervals "A" "Q"
NQAXGLDUX NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Gold Universe Total Return Index USD 1-second intervals "A" "Q"
NQAXAGRU NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Agriculture Universe Index USD 1-second intervals "A" "Q"
NQAXAGRUX NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Agriculture Universe Total Return Index USD 1-second intervals "A" "Q"
  • 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.

How will the indexes be disseminated in GIDS 2.0?

NASDAQ OMX will identify this index via the following data elements in GIDS 2.0:

Instrument ID Instrument Name Currency Frequency FP Type Brand
NQAXOILU NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Oil Universe Index USD "1S" "I" "PI"
NQAXOILUX NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Oil Universe Total Return Index USD "1S" "I" "PI"
NQAXGLDU NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Gold Universe Index USD "1S" "I" "PI"
NQAXGLDUX NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Gold Universe Total Return Index USD "1S" "I" "PI"
NQAXAGRU NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Agriculture Universe Index USD "1S" "I" "PI"
NQAXAGRUX NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Agriculture Universe Total Return Index USD "1S" "I" "PI"
  • Equities Summary (Message Type F): Disseminated at the end of the U.S. and European trading session to relay the summary of the current trading day2019s activity for an equity index.
  • Index Directory (Message Type R): Disseminated at the start of each day to relay basic index information.

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