Friday, February 27, 2015

Financial Products News #2015 - 8
Nasdaq to Terminate 12 Indexes Effective After the Close of Business on Friday, March 6, 2015

Markets Impacted:

  • All Markets

Data Feeds Impacted:

  • Nasdaq Global Index Data Service (GIDS 2.0)
  • Nasdaq Global Index Watch (GIW)
  • Nasdaq Global Index FlexFile Delivery (GIFFD)

Contact Information:

What you need to know:

Effective after the close of business on Friday, March 6, 2015, Nasdaq will cease the calculation and dissemination of the following indexes:

  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Oil Index (Symbol: NQAXOIL).
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Oil Total Return Index (Symbol: NQAXOILX).
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Oil Universe Index (Symbol: NQAXOILU).
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Oil Universe Total Return Index (Symbol: NQAXOILUX).
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Gold Index (Symbol: NQAXGLD).
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Gold Total Return Index (Symbol: NQAXGLDX).
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Gold Universe Index (Symbol: NQAXGLDU).
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Gold Universe Total Return Index (Symbol: NQAXGLDUX).
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Agriculture Index (Symbol: NQAXAGR).
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Agriculture Total Return Index (Symbol: NQAXAGRX).
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Agriculture Universe Index (Symbol: NQAXAGRU).
  • NASDAQ Axioma Equity-Commodity Agriculture Universe Total Return Index (Symbol: NQAXAGRUX).

How will this impact data feeds?

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

  • Nasdaq Global Index Watch SM (GIW)
  • Nasdaq Global Index FlexFile Delivery (GIFFD)
  • Nasdaq Global Index Data Service SM (GIDS 2.0)
  • Where can I find additional data?

    For questions about Nasdaq Index products, please contact Nasdaq Global Indexes at (US) +1 301 978 8284 or (Nordic) +46 8 405 6296 or visit GIW.


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