Monday, September 24, 2012

Financial Products News #2012 - 69
NASDAQ OMX to Disseminate New Russell Geographic Exposure Indexes on RussellTick Effective September 28, 2012

Markets Impacted:

  • All Markets

Data Feeds Impacted:

  • RussellTick

Contact Information:

What you need to know:

  • NASDAQ OMX, on behalf of Russell Investments, will disseminate new Russell Geographic Exposure Indexes on Friday, September 28, 2012 on RussellTickTM.

What are the new indexes?

The Russell Geographic Exposure ("GeoExposure") Index Series is a modified market cap weighted index series designed to track the performance of companies with significant revenue exposure to targeted geographic regions or countries. These indexes provide investors with deeper insight into a company's performance, risks, and growth opportunities through knowledge of its geographic market and economic exposures as determined by the geographic breakdown of its revenue.

How will the indexes be disseminated?

Effective Friday, September 28, 2012, data recipients will receive real-time index information from the proprietary RussellTick data feed.

NASDAQ OMX will identify these indexes via the following data elements in RussellTick:

Index Identifier Index Name Currency Dissemination Frequency Session ID Originator ID
RU1GEOEXE Russell 1000 EM GeoExposure Index EUR 5-second intervals "A" "RG"
RULGEOEXE Russell Developed LC EM GeoExposure Index EUR 5-second intervals "A" "RG"
RUEGEOEXE Russell Dev Europe LC EM GeoExposure Index EUR 5-second intervals "A" "RG"
RUXNGEOE Russell Dev ex-NA LC EM GeoExposure Index EUR 5-second intervals "A" "RG"
RULGEONE Russell Dev LC EM GeoExposure Index Net EUR 5-second intervals "A" "RG"
RUEGEONE Russell Dev Europe LC EM GeoExposure Net EUR 5-second intervals "A" "RG"
RUXNGEONE Russell Dev ex-NA LC EM GeoExposure Net EUR 5-second intervals "A" "RG"

NASDAQ OMX will also support the following directory messages on RussellTick:

  • Index End of Day Summary (Category A - Type B): Disseminated at the end of the U.S. and European trading session to relay closing index summary data.
  • Index Directory (Category A - Type C): Disseminated at the start of each day to relay basic index information.

For a full list of the covered indexes on the RussellTick data feed, please click here.

Where can I find additional information?


Subscribe to Email Alerts:
NASDAQ OMX is offering customers the ability to self select news delivery across various NASDAQ OMX markets. Create and maintain a profile for updating alert preferences and contact information. Visit the enrollment form on the NASDAQ Trader website and sign up today! Please note that if you choose to unsubscribe from an email list, you may no longer receive potentially critical emails from the NASDAQ Stock Market regarding NASDAQ's trading and data products, regulatory issues or marketplace initiatives.

Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook RSS and Twitter.

About the NASDAQ OMX Group:
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,600 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit www.nasdaqomx.com.

View NASDAQTrader.com Mobile