Monday, March 18, 2019

Financial Products News #2019 - 8
Nasdaq to Begin Dissemination of New Third Party Indexes on GIDS, Effective Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Markets Impacted:

  • All Markets

Data Feeds Impacted:

  • Nasdaq Global Index Data Service (GIDS)

Contact Information:

What you need to know:

Effective Wednesday, March 20, 2019, Nasdaq, through its data dissemination relationship with Solactive, will send real-time crypto index index level information on the Nasdaq Global Index Data ServiceSM (GIDS)


What are the new indexes?

The CMC Crypto 200 Index and the CMC Crypto ex BTC Index are each designed to provide a clear picture about the overall development of the crypto market quoted in USD.

How are the indexes disseminated?

Effective March 20, 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
CMC200
CMC Crypto 200 Index
USD
1 min I
CMC200EX
CMC Crypto 200 ex BTC Index
USD
1 min I

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 Nasdaq Global Indexes at +1 844 717 0708 (for US Callers) or +1 301 978 8311 (for International Callers).

For additional information about Solactive, please call +49 69 719 160 13 or visit their website at www.solactive.com.


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