Monday, October 19, 2020

Financial Products News #2020 - 34
Nasdaq Announces Launch of 21 New Indexes Effective Monday, October 19, 2020

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, October 19, 2020, Nasdaq will begin disseminating the following new indexes on the Nasdaq Global Index Data ServiceSM (GIDS).


What are the new Indexes?

The Nasdaq Yewno Aerospace & Defense Index is designed to track the performance of companies involved in the aerospace and defense industries. The companies are selected based on proprietary data aggregated by Yewno, including US government contract data (i.e. “national security” revenue) and global patent data.

The Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR? Index measures the performance of publicly traded real estate securities, primarily Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), of exchange-listed companies in developed markets according to the Nasdaq eligible exchange list.

How are the Indexes disseminated?

On Monday, October 19, 2020, 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
DEFENSE Nasdaq Yewno Aerospace & Defense Index USD 1s I NQ AME
DEFENSEN Nasdaq Yewno Aerospace & Defense Net Total Return Index USD 1s I NQ AME
DEFENSET Nasdaq Yewno Aerospace & Defense Total Return Index USD 1s I NQ AME
TRESCPR Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR Index USD 1s I NQ AME
TRESCPRGBP Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR GBP Index GBP 1s I NQ AME
TRESCPREUR Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR EUR Index EUR 1s I NQ AME
TRESCPRCAD Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR CAD Index CAD 1s I NQ AME
TRESCPRAUD Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR AUD Index AUD 1s I NQ AME
TRESCPRJPY Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR JPY Index JPY 1s I NQ AME
TRESCTR Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR Total Return Index USD 1s I NQ AME
TRESCTRGBP Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR Total Return GBP Index GBP 1s I NQ AME
TRESCTREUR Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR Total Return EUR Index EUR 1s I NQ AME
TRESCTRCAD Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR Total Return CAD Index CAD 1s I NQ AME
TRESCTRAUD Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR Total Return AUD Index AUD 1s I NQ AME
TRESCTRJPY Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR Total Return JPY Index JPY 1s I NQ AME
TRESCNR Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR Net Total Return Index USD 1s I NQ AME
TRESCNRGBP Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR Net Total Return GBP Index GBP 1s I NQ AME
TRESCNREUR Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR Net Total Return EUR Index EUR 1s I NQ AME
TRESCNRCAD Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR Net Total Return CAD Index CAD 1s I NQ AME
TRESCNRAUD Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR Net Total Return AUD Index AUD 1s I NQ AME
TRESCNRJPY Benchmark Technology & Ecommerce Real Estate SCTR Net Total Return JPY Index JPY 1s 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.

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 Index Services or visit GIW..


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