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Thursday, January 19, 2017

Financial Products News #2017 - 1
Nasdaq to Begin Dissemination of New Third Party Indexes on GIDS, Effective Friday, January 20, 2017

Markets Impacted:

  • All Markets

Data Feeds Impacted:

  • Nasdaq Global Index Data Service (GIDS)

Contact Information:

  • Questions regarding Index Calculation Methodology for these two instruments should be directed to Evalueserve at +91 124 415 4000 (ext. 1283)

What you need to know:

Effective Friday, January 20, 2017, Nasdaq, through its data dissemination relationship with Evalueserve, will send daily index level information on the Nasdaq Global Index Data ServiceSM (GIDS).

What are the new indexes?

The FactSet Global FinTech Index is designed to provide an equity benchmark for investors to measure and track the performance of companies engaged in Financial Technologies, primarily in the areas of software and consulting, data and analytics, digital payment processing and transfer, and payment transaction-related hardware.

How are the indexes disseminated?

On Friday, January 20, 2017,market data recipients will receive end of day index information from the proprietary GIDS data feed with the following attributes:

Instrument ID Instrument Name Currency Frequency Financial Product Type
FDSFTPR
 FactSet Global FinTech Price Return Index
 USD
 ODCL I
FDSFTTR
 FactSet Global FinTech Total Return Index
 USD
 ODCL I

In addition to the end of day 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.

Where can I find additional information?

For questions about Nasdaq index products, please click here and a Nasdaq representative will contact you directly.

For additional information about Evalueserve, please call +91 124 415 4000 (ext. 1283).

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