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Thursday, July 2, 2015

Financial Products News #2015 - 30
Nasdaq Announces Launch of Three New Indexes Effective Monday, July 13, 2015

Markets Impacted:

  • All Markets

Data Feeds Impacted:

  • Nasdaq Global Index Data Service (GIDS)
  • Nasdaq Global Index Watch (GIW)
  • Nasdaq Global Index FlexFile Delivery (GIFFD)

Contact Information:

What you need to know:

Effective Monday, July 13, 2015, Nasdaq® will begin disseminating the following new indexes on the Nasdaq Global Index Data ServiceSM (GIDS).

Updated 7/7/2015 - The instrument ID noted below, in bold, reflects the revised instrument ID that will be launched on the effective date.

What are the new indexes?

The KBW Nasdaq Global Bank Index is designed to track the performance of the world’s leading banks that have been classified as Globally Systematically Important by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The Index is comprised of those banks that are publicly traded on global-eligible exchanges and are equally weighted.

How are the indexes disseminated?

Effective Monday, July 13, 2015, data recipients will receive real-time index information from the proprietary GIDS data feed with the following attributes:

Instrument ID Instrument Name Currency Frequency FP Type Brand
GBKX KBW Nasdaq Global Bank Index
 USD 1S I PI
GBKXT KBW Nasdaq Global Bank Total Return Index
 USD 1S I PI
GBKXN KBW Nasdaq Global Bank Net Total Return Index
 USD 1S I PI

In addition to the real-time tick messages, Nasdaq will support the following directory messages on GIDS:

  • 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 day's activity for an equity index.
  • Index Directory (Message Type R): Disseminated at the start of each day to relay basic index information.

Will the components and weightings data be made available?

Yes. For access and more information on the Index on the Nasdaq Global Index Watch (GIW) and Nasdaq Global Index FlexFile Delivery (GIFFD), please contact Nasdaq Index Data Sales .

Where can I find additional information?

For questions about Nasdaq index products, please contact Nasdaq Global Indexes at (US) +1 301 978 8284 or (Nordic) +46 8 405 6296 or visit GIW.

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