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Friday, October 12, 2012

Financial Products News #2012 - 74
Updated 11/30/2012: NASDAQ OMX Announces Changes to the NASDAQ US All Markets Index Family

Markets Impacted:

  • All Markets

Data Feeds Impacted:

  • Global Data Index Service (GIDS 2.0)

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What you need to know:

  • Updated 11/30/2012: Effective Thursday, December 13, 2012, NASDAQ OMX will change the names of select NASDAQ US All Market Indexes.
  • In addition, the "X" at the end of all NASDAQ US All Market Index family total return index symbols will be changed to a "T".
  • Please click here for the new name and symbol changes. A complete list of the NASDAQ US All Market Indexes is available on the NASDAQ OMX Trader website.

What is the NASDAQ US All Market Index family?

The NASDAQ US All Market Index family consists of more than 900 indexes broken down by size and sector to provide a comprehensive U.S. equity benchmark, as defined in our index methodology. The benchmark family is specifically designed to meet the needs of institutions which are facing continued demands to track, match, or beat the market.

What is changing?

Updated 11/30/2012: Effective Thursday, December 13, 2012, NASDAQ OMX® will change the names of select NASDAQ US All Market Indexes. Additionally, the "X" at the end of all NASDAQ US All Market Index family total return index symbols will be changed to a "T". Please click here for the new name and symbol changes. A complete list of the NASDAQ US All Market Indexes is available on the NASDAQ OMX Trader website.

NASDAQ OMX requests that market vendors and data distributors update their database to reflect the new names and symbols for the NASDAQ US All Market Index family on Thursday, December 13, 2012.

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