Thursday, July 11, 2019

Financial Products News #2019 - 21
Nasdaq Announces Launch of Nine New Indexes Effective Friday, July 12, 2019

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 Friday, July 12, 2019, Nasdaq will begin disseminating the following new indexes on the Nasdaq Global Index Data ServiceSM (GIDS).


What are the new indexes?

The Nasdaq Developed Select Leaders Core IndexSM is designed to provide exposure to companies within the Nasdaq Developed Market ex-US ex-Korea Large Mid Cap Index that exhibit high degrees of sustainable shareholder yield, pricing power, and strong momentum.

The Nasdaq US Large Cap Select Leaders Core IndexSM is designed to provide exposure to companies within the Nasdaq US Large Cap Index that exhibit high degrees of sustainable shareholder yield, pricing power, and strong momentum.

The Nasdaq US Small Mid Cap Select Leaders Core IndexSM is designed to provide exposure to companies within the Nasdaq US Small Cap Index and the Nasdaq US Mid Cap Index that exhibit high degrees of sustainable shareholder yield, pricing power, and strong momentum.

How are the indexes disseminated?

On Friday, July 12, 2019, 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
NQDMSLC Nasdaq Developed Select Leaders Core Price Return Index USD 1 Sec I NQ GLO
NQDMSLCT Nasdaq Developed Select Leaders Core Total Return Index USD 1 Sec I NQ GLO
NQDMSLCN Nasdaq Developed Select Leaders Core Net Total Return Index USD 1 Sec I NQ GLO
NQUSLSLC Nasdaq US Large Cap Select Leaders Core Price Return Index USD 1 Sec I NQ AME
NQUSLSLCT Nasdaq US Large Cap Select Leaders Core Total Return Index USD 1 Sec I NQ AME
NQUSLSLCN Nasdaq US Large Cap Select Leaders Core Net Total Return Index USD 1 Sec I NQ AME
NQUSSMSLC Nasdaq US Small Mid Cap Select Leaders Core Price Return Index USD 1 Sec I NQ AME
NQUSSMSLCT Nasdaq US Small Mid Cap Select Leaders Core Total Return Index USD 1 Sec I NQ AME
NQUSSMSLCN Nasdaq US Small Mid Cap Select Leaders Core Net Total Return Index USD 1 Sec I NQ AME

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.

Where can I find additional information?

For questions about Nasdaq index products, please contact Index Services 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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