Tuesday, March 3, 2009

More Indexes

From now on, our subscribers may apply volume and advance decline based technical indicators to NASDAQ Bank, NASDAQ Other Financial, NASDAQ Industrial, NASDAQ Health Care, Nasdaq Insurance and NASDAQ Canada. At the current moment we are the only source of volume and advance decline studies for these indexes.

NASDAQ Bank Index

The NASDAQ Bank Index contains securities of NASDAQ-listed companies classified according to the Industry Classification Benchmark as Banks. They include banks providing a broad range of financial services, including retail banking, loans and money transmissions.

NASDAQ Other Financial Index

The NASDAQ Other Finance Index contains securities of NASDAQ-listed companies classified according to the Industry Classification Benchmark as Financial Services. They include real estate holding and development, real estate investment trusts, asset managers, consumer finance, specialty finance, investment services, and mortgage finance.

NASDAQ Industrial Index

The NASDAQ Industrial Index contains securities of NASDAQ-listed companies not classified in one of the NASDAQ sector indexes. These include firms that are involved in oil and gas productions, oil equipment, services & distribution, chemicals, forestry and paper, industrial metals, mining, construction and materials, aerospace and defense, general industrials, electronic and electrical equipment, industrial engineering, support services, automobiles and parts, beverages, food producers, household goods, leisure goods, personal goods, tobacco, food and drug retailers, general retailers, media, gambling, hotels, recreational services, restaurants and bars, travel & tourism, electricity, gas distribution, water, and multi-utilities.

NASDAQ Health Care Index

The NASDAQ Health Care Index contains securities of NASDAQ-listed companies classified according to the Industry Classification Benchmark as Health Care. They include health care providers, medical equipment, medical supplies, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals.

NASDAQ Insurance Index

The NASDAQ Insurance Index contains securities of NASDAQ-listed companies classified according to the Industry Classification Benchmark as Insurance. They include full line insurance, insurance brokers, property and casualty insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance.

NASDAQ Canada Index

Nasdaq Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. and was created to extend Nasdaq's North American trading platform within Canada. Nasdaq Canada exists to enhance and ensure Canadian investors' immediate trading access (including real time availability of all relevant data) of all Nasdaq securities and issuers with the ability to raise capital more efficiently. Nasdaq Canada is regulated jointly by the NASDR and the Québec Securities Commission (CVMQ).

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