THOMSON REUTERS WIDENS MARKET DATA COVERAGE, ADDING 4 EMERGING MARKETS

Posted August 11, 2009

LONDON -- Thomson Reuters has widened its coverage of market data, adding four emerging market stock exchanges and the Dow Jones Federation of Euro-Asian stock exchanges Index (FEAS).

In moves to help increase transparency and access to some of the world’s fastest growing emerging markets, Thomson Reuters has implemented a number of firsts, all accessible via the Reuters 3000 Xtra desktop, including real-time data for the recently launched Ukrainian Exchange.

“We remain committed to providing innovative, rich, intelligent, timely and comprehensive market data so that the growing global transaction community can adopt efficient trading strategies,” says Stephen Wilson, Global Head of Exchange Traded Instruments at Thomson Reuters. “Thomson Reuters has had a presence in emerging markets for decades. We continue to invest in them as we recognize their importance beyond their borders.”

In addition to the Ukrainian Exchange, Thomson Reuters is adding market data from the Hanoi Stock Exchange, the Sarajevo Stock Exchange, the Prague Energy Exchange and the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange.

Dow Jones Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS) Indexes includes component stocks of exchanges for Abu Dhabi (UAE), Amman (Jordan), Bahrain (Kingdom of Bahrain), Belgrade (Serbia), Bulgaria (Bulgaria), Istanbul (Turkey), Karachi (Pakistan), Macedonia (Republic of Macedonia), Muscat (Oman), and Zagreb (Croatia). The Dow Jones FEAS Indexes are designed to cover 95 percent of the free-float market capitalization of each country in the respective index. In addition to float-adjusted market capitalization, components are selected based on readily available prices. The indexes are calculated and disseminated in euro and US dollar and weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization. The Dow Jones FEAS Indexes are rebalanced quarterly when additional FEAS member exchanges will be added.