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Nasdaq Daily List File Format and Specifications
Introduction
This specifications document outlines the file format for the Nasdaq Equities, Dividends, Mutual Funds
and Next Day X-Date Daily Lists. Please note that this specification is for both the Nasdaq Daily List and
Nasdaq Daily List with CUSIP
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data.
The Nasdaq Daily List provides the most recent and archived lists of daily security additions, deletions,
name and symbol changes for Nasdaq Equities and announcement of dividends and some corporate
actions for Nasdaq, OTCBB, and OTC securities including a next day xdate list of dividends and
corporate actions.
Typically the first Nasdaq Daily List files are posted to the site between 1-2 p.m., Eastern Time (ET) but
as a reminder, updates can occur starting at approximately 7:00 a.m. and continuing until about 6:35:00
p.m. To have the most up-to-date information during the trading day, subscribers should continue to
process each of the updated files for all Nasdaq Daily Lists.
For more information about this product offering and to ensure no loss of security master information
related to Mutual Funds, please visit the
Nasdaq Fund Data product page
on the
Nasdaq
Trader website
.
This specification will be effective as of
October 9, 2017. For specifications for
the data product prior to
the October 9
th
release, please
click here
.
Contact Information
Questions regarding the Nasdaq Daily List specifications listed in this notice should be
directed to the
Nasdaq Global Information Services team
at +1 301 978 5307.
Questions regarding the Secure FTP should be directed to
Nasdaq Technical
Support Desk
at
+1 212 231 5180.
1 CUSIP is a unique nine-character alphanumeric code appearing on the face of each stock or bond certificate that is assigned to a
security by Standard & Poor's Corporation. CUSIP numbers are the property of the American Bankers Association (ABA) and are
administered by Standard & Poor's. Since Nasdaq neither owns nor controls CUSIP numbers, distributors cannot be authorized to
receive the daily list or fundamental data files including CUSIP Data unless they have a daily license in place with CUSIP.
Distributors please note: Nasdaq is not responsible for obtaining written approval from CUSIP prior to authorizing data distributors to
externally redistribute CUSIP data; it is the responsibility of the data distributor to obtain such CUSIP permission for their
downstream customers.
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Nasdaq Equities Daily List - Definitions & Data Fields
File Format without CUSIP Data
Secure FTP Directory Path/File Name
The actual IP Address is only provided when the requisite documents have been completed and
the user ID/password has been assigned.
IPAddress\Trader\DailyListRV\NASDAQEquities\nqrvmmddyyyy.txt
File Format:
Daily List Date | Effective Date | Issue Event | Symbol | Company Name | New Symbol | New Company
Name | Market Category | Listing Center | First Date Traded | NOTES for each Entry | Delisting Reason
| Downgrade Reason | Expiration Date | Separation Date | Description | Issue Type | Sub-Issue Type |
When Issued Flag | When Distributed Flag | SIC Code | Trade Unit Quantity |Transfer Agent | TSO | TSO
Date | Insider Holdings | Float | Old Financial Status | New Financial Status | IPO Flag | Country of
Incorporation | Leveraged ETP Flag | Leveraged ETP Ratio | Inverse ETP Flag | LULD Tier Indicator
The data at the bottom of the file can potentially contain a row representing the Note for the Day. The
field heading will appear as: Notes for Day |||||||||
File Format with CUSIP Data
Secure FTP Directory Path/File Name
The actual IP Address is only provided when the requisite documents have been completed and
the user ID/password has been assigned.
IPAddress\Trader\DailyList\NASDAQEquities\nqmmddyyyy.txt
File Format:
Daily List Date | Effective Date | Issue Event | Symbol | Company Name | New Symbol | New Company
Name | Old CUSIP | CUSIP | Market Category | Listing Center | First Date Traded | NOTES for each Entry
| Delisting Reason | Downgrade Reason | Expiration Date | Separation Date | Description | Issue Type |
Sub-Issue Type| When Issued Flag | When Distributed Flag | SIC Code | Trade Unit Quantity |Transfer
Agent | TSO | TSO Date | Insider Holdings | Float | Old Financial Status | New Financial Status | IPO flag
| Country of Incorporation | Leveraged ETP Flag | Leveraged ETP Ratio | Inverse ETP Flag | LULD Tier
Indicator
The data at the bottom of the file can potentially contain a row representing the Note for the Day. The
field heading will appear as: Notes for Day |||||||||
Definitions & Data Fields for Both Formats
The field size/format field information described in the table below is
being provided as a maximum
field length to assist distributors on how to set-up databases to process and store the Nasdaq Daily List
Equities data.