Thursday, July 12, 2018

Financial Products News #2018 - 54
Nasdaq Announces Launch of Six New Indexes Effective Monday, July 16, 2018

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:

  • Nasdaq Global Indexes at the Toll Free Number +1 844 717 0708 (for US Callers) or +1 301 978 8311 (for International Callers)

What you need to know:

Effective Monday, July 16, 2018, Nasdaq will begin disseminating the following new indexes on the Nasdaq Global Index Data ServiceSM (GIDS).


What are the new indexes?

The Nasdaq CTA Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Index is designed to track the performance of companies engaged in the artificial intelligence and robotics segment of the technology, industrial, medical and other economic sectors.

The Reality Shares Nasdaq Blockchain Economy ex Miners Index is designed to measure the returns of companies that are committing material resources to developing, researching, supporting, innovating or utilizing blockchain technology for their proprietary use or for use by others.

How are the indexes disseminated?

On Monday, July 16, 2018, 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
NQROBOUS Nasdaq CTA US Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Index USD 1s I NQ AME
NQROBOUST Nasdaq CTA US Artificial Intelligence & Robotics TR Index USD 1s I NQ AME
NQROBOUSN Nasdaq CTA US Artificial Intelligence & Robotics NTR Index USD 1s I NQ AME
RSBLCNX Reality Shares Blockchain Economy ex Miners USD 1s I NQ GLO
RSBLCNXT Reality Shares Blockchain Economy ex Miners TR USD 1s I NQ GLO
RSBLCNXN Reality Shares Blockchain Economy ex Miners NTR USD 1s I NQ GLO

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 the Toll Free Number +1 844 717 0708 (for US Callers) or +1 301 978 8311 (for International Callers) or visit GIW.


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