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Thursday, October 1, 2015

Financial Products News #2015 - 53
Nasdaq Announces Launch of 16 New Indexes Effective Thursday, October 15, 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 Thursday, October 15, 2015, Nasdaq® will begin disseminating 16 new First North Indexes as an expansion of the existing First North Index Family on the Nasdaq Global Index Data ServiceSM (GIDS).

What are the new indexes?

The First North 25 Index includes the 25 largest and most traded securities listed on the First North markets. The index portfolio is reviewed twice a year and the new portfolio effective the first trading day in January and July each year. As of October 15, 2015, the companies on the First North list will be included in the First North Country Indexes according to their place of listing.

How are the indexes disseminated?

On Thursday, October 15, 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 Session ID
FN25
 First North 25
 EUR
 1S I NQ NOR
FN25GI
 First North 25 GI
 EUR
 1S I NQ
 NOR
FNFIEURGI
 First North Finland EUR GI
 EUR
 60S I NQ
 NOR
FNFIEURPI
 First North Finland EUR PI
 EUR
 60S
 I NQ
 NOR
FNSESEKGI
 First North Sweden SEK GI
 SEK
 60S
 I NQ
 NOR
FNSESEKPI
 First North Sweden SEK PI
 SEK
 60S
 I NQ
 NOR
FNSEEURGI
 First North Sweden EUR GI EUR
 60S
 I NQ
 NOR
FNSEEURPI
 First North Sweden EUR PI
 EUR
 60S
 I NQ
 NOR
FNDKDKKGI
 First North Denmark DKK GI
 DKK 60S
 I NQ
 NOR
FNDKDKKPI First North Denmark DKK PI
 DKK 60S
 I NQ NOR
FNDKEURGI
 First North Denmark EUR GI
 EUR 60S
 I NQ NOR
FNDKEURPI
 First North Denmark EUR PI
 EUR 60S
 I NQ NOR
FNISISKGI
 First North Iceland ISK GI
 ISK 60S
 I NQ NOR
FNISISKPI
 First North Iceland ISK PI
 ISK 60S
 I NQ NOR
FNISEURGI
 First North Iceland EUR GI
 EUR 60S
 I NQ NOR
FNISEURPI
 First North Iceland EUR PI EUR 60S I NQ NOR

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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