Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Financial Products News #2012 - 76
NASDAQ OMX to Discontinue Dissemination of Six NASDAQ Indexes Effective After the Close of Business Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Markets Impacted:

  • All Markets

Data Products Impacted:

  • NASDAQ OMX Global Index Data Service (GIDS)
  • NASDAQ OMX Global Index Watch (GIW)

Contact Information:

What you need to know:

  • Effective close of business Wednesday, October 31, 2012, NASDAQ OMX® will cease to support six indexes.

What is changing?

Effective close of business Wednesday, October 31, 2012, NASDAQ OMX will cease the calculation and dissemination of the following indexes:

  • NASDAQ-400 Index (Symbol: NDX400)
  • NASDAQ-400 Total Return Index (Symbol: XNDX400)
  • NASDAQ-500 Index (Symbol: NDX500)
  • NASDAQ-500 Total Return Index (Symbol: XNDX500)
  • NASDAQ OMX Government Relief Index (Symbol: QGRI)
  • NASDAQ OMX Government Relief Total Return Index (Symbol: QGRX)

How does this impact data feeds?

NASDAQ OMX will cease dissemination of intraday index values and directory messages for the above indexes on the following NASDAQ OMX proprietary index data services:

  • NASDAQ OMX Global Index Data ServiceSM (GIDSSM)
  • NASDAQ OMX Global Index WatchSM (GIWSM)

Where can I find additional information?


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