Symbol for FTSE main index

[John Ross]

Can somebody please help me finding the FTSE 100 INDEX (^FTSE) in Yahoo - FTSE - Financial Time UK cash index. I have the $CAC and the $DAXI but cannot find the FTSE.

Thank you.

[ScottJ]

Hi John,

The symbol is $UKX-FTSE. It's under FTSE Indicies on this page of our Symbol Look-up ( albeit buried in a long list ).

You will need to subscribe to FTSE Index Values ( click on the European/African Region on that page ) in case that's not already active on your account. You can add it yourself using Account Maintenance.

We are working towards a searchable symbol look-up engine for next year so that should greatly help find symbols among our 600,000 ( and growing! ) database of syms.

Thanks.

[John Ross]

Thank you ScottJ.

I am not subscribed to the FTSE Index Values or any other Europian indexes. Still, I can receive the DAX and CAC. So in order to receive the FTSE cash that I only need I must to subscribe to the FTSE Index Values???


Please explain.

Thank you.

[ScottJ]

Hi John,

Yes, you have that correct. We get authorization from some exchanges to redistribute their indices for free. Others do not give us free access and require individual users to sign-up and pay for that access. Most, if not all, of the US indices we provide are available at no extra charge. We also provide a few international indices, like $CAC and $DAXI, but most of the International Indices are tied to an exchange fee.

If interested, we also have a World Indices Bundle. Although most symbols in this bundle don't update in realtime, they will provide a global perspective on the key world markets. Here's more information on the World Indices bundle.

Another option to consider is subscribing to the European Bundle of exchanges on a delayed basis. It's just $10/mo. Pricing on all the bundles can be found here and again, this bundle can be added via Account Maintenance.

One last item. The exchanges often differentiate between a snapshot quote (like you'd get from a web site like Yahoo) and a streaming quote (like we provide). Snapshots are less valued and hence might be available for free while the same symbol updating on a streaming basis would not be.

Hope that information helps.

Thanks.

[GraemeB]

Hi John,

The symbol you are after is $UKX-FTSE (The exchange is called FTSE index Values and costs $8.00 per month) our full symbol list can be found here:

http://www.esignalcentral.com/support/symbol/default.asp

If you wish to add this service you can add it through account maintenance please visit this page:

https://secure.esignal.com/maintenance.asp

Thanks,