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MICEX 10 (MOSCOW INTERBANK EXCHANGE)
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The
MICEX 10 Index is a price non-weighted index, calculated as the
arithmetic mean of the change of prices of 10 most liquid stocks
admitted to circulation in the Stock Market Section of the Moscow
Interbank Currency Exchange in Moscow. The Index includes Russian Top
firms in a variety of sectors such as GAZProm and SBERBANK
Trading Hours : Mon - Fri 8:30 - 14:30
Reuters Code : .MCX10
Expiry Rule : Reuters Last Rate
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MSM 30 (OMAN)
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The Muscat Securities Market (MSM) is the principal stock exchange of Oman. It is located in Muscat and it was founded in 1988. The principal stock index at the MSM is the MSM-30. The MSM-30 (also known as the Muscat Securities Market Index) was established in 1992.
The composition of the index by sector is as follows:
Banks & Investment Sector: 69 companies.
Industry Sector: 89 companies.
Service: 61 companies.
The Index includes stocks such as DHOFAR BANK and NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN.
Trading Hours: Sun - Thu 6:30-8:30
Reuters Code: .MSI
Expiry Rule: Reuters Last Rate
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TADWUL (SAUDI STOCK EXCHANGE)
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Saudi Stock Exchange or Tadawul is the only stock exchange in Saudi Arabia. The Capital Market Authority supervises the exchange. The Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) reached its highest point at 20,634.86 on 25 February 2006. It lists 115 publicly traded companies (as of April 30th 2008).
Trading Hours: Sun - Wed 8:10-12:20
Reuters Code: .TASI
Expiry Rule: Reuters Last Rate
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EGX 30 (EGYPT)
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The EGX 30 is an index of the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchange in Egypt. It includes the 30 most active stocks in the Egyptian stock market, weighted to their market capitalization. The index was started with a base level of 1000 as of January 1st 1998.
The index is weighted by market capitalization and adjusted by the free float. Adjusted Market capitalization of a listed company is the number of its listed shares multiplied by the closing price of that company multiplied by the percent of freely floated shares. For a company to be included in EGX 30 index, it must have at least 15% free float. This ensures market participants that the index constituents truly represent actively traded companies and that the index is a good and reputable barometer for the Egyptian market.
Trading Hours: Sun - Thu 8:40-11:20
Reuters Code: .EGX30
Expiry Rule: Reuters Last Rate
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QATAR (DSM20)
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The Doha Securities Market is the principal stock market of Qatar. The market was founded in 1997 and is located in the capital city of Doha. The market currently has 43 listed companies.
Trading Hours: Sun - Thu 7:10-9:20
Reuters Code: .QSI
Expiry Rule: Reuters Last Rate
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KUWAIT (KUWAIT GENERAL INDEX)
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The Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) is the national stock market of The State of Kuwait. Although several share holding companies (such as NBK in 1952) existed in Kuwait prior to the creation of the KSE, it was not until October 1962 that a law was passed to organize the country's stock market.
The Kuwait Stock Exchange is also among the first and largest stock exchanges in the Persian Gulf region, and is now gaining prominence as one of the most potentially important in the world.
Trading Hours: Sun - Thu 6:20-9:20
Reuters Code: .KWSE
Expiry Rule: Reuters Last Rate
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BOMBAY SE
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Representing a fast growing economy of India, the BSE Sensex or Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index is a value-weighted index composed of 30 stocks of the largest and most actively traded stocks, representative of various sectors, on the Bombay Stock Exchange. These companies account for around one-fifth of the market capitalization of the BSE.
The index has increased by over ten times from June 1990 to the present. The long-run rate of return on the BSE Sensex works out to be 18.6% per annum, which translates to roughly 9% per annum after compensating for inflation. The index includes stocks such as TATA MOTORS and HDFC BANK
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 4:30-10:00
Reuters Code: .BSESN
Expiry Rule: Reuters Last Rate
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SSE180 (SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE)
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Traded in the Shanghai stock exchange,the SSE Composite Index (also known as Shanghai Composite) is the most commonly used indicator to reflect SSE's market performance.
Constituents for the SSE Composite Index are all listed stocks (A shares and B shares) at the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The SSE180 reflects the largest 180 stocks in the SSE general index and it includes stocks such as BANK OF CHINA and AIR CHINA.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 5:00-7:00
Reuters Code: .SSE180
Expiry Rule: Reuters Last Rate
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CITI ( US - CITIGROUP)
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Citigroup Inc. (branded Citi), is a major American financial services company based in New York, NY. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate Travelers Group on April 7, 1998. Citigroup Inc. has the world's largest financial services network, spanning 140 countries with approximately 16,000 offices worldwide and employs approximately 322,000 staff around the world.
It is the world's largest bank by total customers & worldwide branch network as of 2009. It is a primary dealer in US Treasury securities. Citigroup suffered huge losses during the global financial crisis of 2008 and was rescued in November 2008 in a massive bailout by the U.S. government.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 15:00-19:00
Reuters Code: C
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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APPLE (US)
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Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures consumer electronics and computer software products. The company's best-known hardware products include Macintosh computers, the iPod and the iPhone. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system, the iTunes media browser, the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software, the iWork suite of productivity software, Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products, and Logic Studio, a suite of audio tools. The company operates more than 250 retail stores in nine countries and an online store where hardware and software products are sold.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 15:00-21:00
Reuters Code: AAPL.O
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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NIKE (US)
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Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. It is the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment with revenue in excess of $18.6 billion USD in its fiscal year 2008. As of 2008, it employed more than 30,000 people worldwide.
The company was founded on January 25, 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight, and officially became Nike, Inc. in 1978. The company takes its name from Nike, the Greek goddess of victory; it is also based on Egyptian usage of "strength", "victory", nakht. Nike markets its products under its own brand as well as Nike Golf, Nike Pro, Nike+, Air Jordan, Nike Skateboarding and subsidiaries including Cole Haan, Hurley International, Umbro and Converse. In addition to manufacturing sportswear and equipment, the company operates retail stores under the Niketown name.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 15:00-21:00
Reuters Code: NKE
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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GAZPROM (RUSSIA)
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Gazprom
(English: Open Joint Stock Company "Gazprom", Russian: Открытое
акционерное общество "Газпром" Otkrytoye aktsionernoye obshchestvo
"Gazprom") is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the
largest Russian company.
Gazprom was created in 1989 when the Ministry of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union transformed itself into a corporation, keeping all its assets intact. The company was later privatized in part, but currently the Russian government holds a controlling stake.
In 2008, the company produced 549.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas, amounting to 17% of the worldwide gas production. In addition, the company produced 32 million tons of oil and 10.9 million tons of gas. Gazprom's activities accounted for 10% of Russia's gross domestic product in 2008.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30-14:30
Reuters Code: GAZP.MM
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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BP (BRITISH PETROLEUM)
Open
BP
plc is the third largest global energy company, the 5th largest company
in the world and UK's largest company, with headquarters in St
James's, City of Westminster, London. The company is among the largest
private sector energy corporation in the world, and one of the six
"supermajors" (vertically integrated private sector oil exploration,
natural gas, and petroleum product marketing companies). The Company is
listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100
Trading hours Mon - Fri 8:30 - 16:00
Reuters Code : BP.L
Expiry Rule : (Bid + Ask) / 2
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GOOGLE (US)
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Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, etc. Google has also developed an open source web browser and a mobile operating system.
As of March 31, 2009 (2009-03-31), the company has 19,786 full-time employees. The company is running millions of servers worldwide, which process hundreds of millions of search requests each day.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 15:00-21:00
Reuters Code: GOOG.O
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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LUKOIL (RUSSIA)
Open
Lukoil
(RTS:LKOH LSE: LKOD NASDAQ: LUKOY) (Russian: Лукойл; pronounced
/lukɔɪl/) is Russia's largest oil company and its largest producer of
oil. In 2007, the company produced 96.645 million tons of oil; 1.953
million barrels per day.
Its international upstream subsidiary is called Lukoil Overseas Holding. Headquartered in Moscow, Lukoil is the second largest public company (next to ExxonMobil) in terms of proven oil and gas reserves. In 2008, the company had 19.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent per SPE standards. This accounts to some 1.3% of global oil reserves. The company has operations in more than 40 countries around the world.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30-14:30
Reuters Code: LKOH.MM
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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SBERBANK (RUSSIA)
Open
Sberbank Rossii
(MICEX:SBER RTS:SBER) (Russian: Сбербанк России, a contraction of
"сберегательный банк"; English: "Savings Bank of the Russian
Federation") is the largest bank in Russia and Eastern Europe. The
company's headquarters are in Moscow and its history goes back to the
financial reform of 1841. In many regions, Sberbank is practically the
only bank capable of providing local administrations with complex
banking services and rendering significant financial support in
implementing investment and social programs.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30-14:30
Reuters Code: SBER03.MM
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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COCA COLA (US)
Open
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines internationally. The Coca-Cola Company claims that the beverage is sold in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and is often simply referred to as Coke or Cola. Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century. Coca Cola like the famous brand McDonald is considered a symbol of US capitalism and culture.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 15:00-21:00
Reuters Code: KO
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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HSBC HOLDINGS (LONDON)
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HSBC Holdings Plc. is a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales in 1990, and headquartered in London since 1993.As of 2009, it is both the world's largest banking group and the world's 6th largest company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine. The group was founded from The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation based in Hong Kong, the acronym of which led to the current name. Today, whilst no single geographical area dominates the group's earnings, Hong Kong still continues to be a significant source of its income. Recent acquisitions and expansion in China are returning HSBC to part of its roots. HSBC has an enormous operational base in Asia and significant lending, investment, and insurance activities around the world. The company has a global reach and financial fundamentals matched by few other banking or financial multinationals.
HSBC is listed on the London, New York, Hong Kong, Paris and Bermuda Stock Exchanges, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index and the Hang Seng Index.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30-16:00
Reuters Code: HSBA.L
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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ROLLS ROYCE (LONDON)
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Rolls-Royce plc (LSE: RR.) is a British aircraft engine maker, and the second-largest in the world, behind GE Aviation. The company has related businesses in the defense aerospace, marine and energy markets.
Rolls-Royce was nationalized in 1971, by which time aircraft engines had long been the most significant part of the business. The automobile company was separated in 1973 and the present Rolls-Royce plc was re-privatized in 1987. Rolls-Royce is, through its defense aerospace division, the world's 16th largest defense contractor. Defense aerospace sales accounted for 21% of group sales in 2005, civil aerospace 53%, marine 17% and energy 8%. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30-16:00
Reuters Code: RR.L
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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BAE SYSTEMS (LONDON)
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BAE Systems plc is a British defense, security and aerospace company headquartered in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, that has global interests, particularly in North America through its subsidiary BAE Systems Inc. BAE is the world's second-largest defense contractor and the largest in Europe. It was formed on 30 November 1999 by the £7.7 billion merger of two British companies, Marconi Electronic Systems (MES), the defence electronics and naval shipbuilding subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc (GEC), and the aircraft, munitions and naval systems manufacturer British Aerospace (BAE).
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30-16:00
Reuters Code: BAES.L
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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REUTERS (US THOMSON REUTERS)
Open
Reuters Group Limited is a UK-based, Canadian company. This news company provides information about financial markets from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters. Its main focus is on supplying the financial markets with information and trading products. This includes market data, such as share prices and currency rates, research and analysis, as well as trading systems that allow dealers to buy and sell such assets as currencies and shares on a computer screen instead of by telephone or on a trading floor like that of the New York Stock Exchange. Competitors include Bloomberg L.P. and Dow Jones Newswires. It is now a part of Thomson Reuters.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30-16:00
Reuters Code: BAES.L
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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TATA MOTORS (INDIA)
Open
Tata
Motors Limited (NSE: TATAMOTORS, BSE: 500570, NYSE: TTM), is a
multinational corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. Part of the
Tata Group, it was formerly known as TELCO (TATA Engineering and
Locomotive Company). Tata Motors has a consolidated revenue of USD 16
billion after the acquisition of British automotive brands Jaguar and
Landrover in 2008.
It
is India's largest company in the automobile and commercial vehicle
sector with upwards of 70% cumulative Market share in the Domestic
Commercial vehicle segment, and a midsized player on the world market
with 0.81% market share in 2007 according to OICA data. The OICA ranked
it as the 19th largest automaker, based on figures for 2007.
Tata
Motors is a dual-listed company traded on both the Bombay Stock
Exchange, as well as on the New York Stock Exchange. Tata Motors in
2005, was ranked among the top 10 corporations in India with an annual
revenue exceeding INR 320 billion.
Trading Hours Mon - Fri 4:30 - 10:00
Reuters Code : TAMO.BO
Expiry Rule : (Bid + Ask) / 2
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TURKCELL (TURKEY)
Open
Turkcell (NYSE: TKC) is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul. The company has 36.3 million subscribers by the end of September 2008, making it the third biggest in Europe. Turkcell is traded both at the Turkish Stock Exchange and the NYSE.
TradeRush enables trading on the Turkcell stock both in the Turkish Exchange and in the NYSE.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri from 12:00-13:50
Reuters Code: TKC
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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STRAITS TIMES
Open
The Straits Times Index (STI) is a market value-weighted stock market index based on the stocks of 30 representative companies listed on the Singapore Exchange.
Launched in the wake of a major sectoral re-classification of listed companies by the Singapore Exchange and began trading 31 August 1998. Then, it represented 78% of the average daily traded value over a 12-month period and 61.2% of total market capitalisation on the exchange.
It comes under formal review at least once annually. One such review, for instance, raised the number of stocks from 45 to 50, which took effect when trading resumed on 18 March 2005. This change reduced the index representation of the average daily traded value to 60%, while increasing its total market capitalisation to 75%.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 2:00-4:00 and 6:30-8:30
Reuters Code: .FTSTI
Expiry Rule: Reuters Last Rate
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KL FUTURE
Open
The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index is a capitalization-weighted Malaysian stock market index introduced in 1986.
Trading Hours: Malaysia trading session, Mon - Fri 1:00 - 4:30 & 7:00-9:00 GMT
Reuters Code: KLIc1
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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AMAZON
Open
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is a US-based multinational electronic commerce company. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, it is the largest online retailer in the United States, with nearly three times the Internet sales revenue of the runner up, Staples Inc., as of January 2010.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri from 14:30-20:00
Reuters Code: AMZN
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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BARCLAYS
Open
Barclays is a global financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. As of 2010, it is the world's 10th-largest banking and financial services group and 21st-largest company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine. It has operations in over 50 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America and around 48 million customers. As of 30 June 2010 it had total assets of €1.94 trillion, the third-largest of any bank worldwide (after BNP Paribas and HSBC).
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri from 12:00-13:50
Reuters Code: BARC
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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ASX (Australia)
Open
Representing the Australian market the The S&P/ASX 200 index is a market-capitalization weighted and float-adjusted stock market index of Australian stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange from Standard & Poor's. The ASX was open for trading on 31 March, 2000.
The ASX gives the investor the ability to trade on a major market when Europe and the U.S markets are non active.
Trading Hours: 1:00 – 6:00
Reuters Code: AXJO
Expiry Rule: Reuters Last Rate
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LINKEDIN
Open
LinkedIn is a social networking website for people in professional occupations. Founded in December 2002 and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. As of June 2012, LinkedIn reports more than 175 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories.
In June 2011, LinkedIn had 33.9 million unique visitors, up 63 percent from a year earlier and surpassing MySpace.
Trading Hours: US, Mon - Fri 14:40-21:10 GMT
NYSE Code: LNKD
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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AIG
Open
American International Group, Inc., also known as AIG, is an American multinational insurance corporation. Its corporate headquarters is reported as 180 Maiden Lane in New York City (was formerly in the American International Building in New York City). According to the 2011 Forbes Global 2000 list, AIG was the 29th-largest public company in the world. It was listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average from April 8, 2004 to September 22, 2008.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri, 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
Reuters Code: AIG
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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IBM
Open
International
Business Machines Corporation, or IBM, is an American multinational technology
and consulting corporation, with headquarters in Armonk, New York, United
States. IBM manufactures and markets
computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and
consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to
nanotechnology.
Security
analysts nicknamed IBM Big Blue in recognition of IBM's common use of blue in
products, packaging, and logo.
Globally,
the company was ranked the #31 largest in terms of revenue by Forbes for
2011.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
Reuters Code: IBM
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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DELL
Open
Dell Inc. is an American multinational computer technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells, repairs and supports computers and related products and services. The company is one of the largest technological corporations in the world, employing more than 103,300 people worldwide. Dell is listed at number 44 in the Fortune 500 list. It is the third largest PC vendor in the world after HP and Lenovo.
As of 2009, the company sold personal computers, servers, data storage devices, network switches, software, and computer peripherals. Dell also sells HDTVs, cameras, printers, MP3 players and other electronics built by other manufacturers. The company is well known for its innovations in supply chain management and electronic commerce, particularly its direct-sales model and its "configure to order" approach to manufacturing—delivering individual PCs configured to customer specifications.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 14:40 - 21:10 GMT Reuters Code: DELL
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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BIDU
Open
Baidu, Inc. (Chinese: 百度; pinyin: Bǎidù, pronounced BY-doo in English), incorporated on January 18, 2000, is a Chinese web services company headquartered in the Baidu Campus in Haidian District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Baidu offers many services, including a Chinese language search engine for websites, audio files, and images. Baidu offers 57 search and community services including Baidu Baike, an online collaboratively built encyclopedia, and a searchable keyword-based discussion forum. Baidu was established in 2000 by Robin Li and Eric Xu. In October 2012, Baidu ranked 5th overall in the Alexa Internet rankings. During Q4 of 2010, it is estimated that there were 4.02 billion search queries in China of which Baidu had a market share of 56.6%. China's internet-search revenue share in second quarter 2011 by Baidu is 76%. In December 2007, Baidu became the first Chinese company to be included in the NASDAQ-100 index.
Baidu provides an index of over 740 million web pages, 80 million images, and 10 million multimedia files. Baidu offers multimedia content including MP3 music and movies, and is the first in China to offer Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and personal digital assistant (PDA) based mobile search. Baidu released its low-cost smartphone, Changhong H5018.
Trading Hours: CHINA, Mon - Fri 15:00 - 21:00 GMT
Reuters Code: BIDU
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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MASTERCARD
Open
MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) or MasterCard Worldwide is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in the MasterCard International Global Headquarters, Purchase, New York, United States. Throughout the world, its principal business is to process payments between the banks of merchants and the card issuing banks or credit unions of the purchasers who use the "MasterCard" brand debit and credit cards to make purchases. MasterCard Worldwide has been a publicly traded company since 2006. Prior to its initial public offering, MasterCard Worldwide was a cooperative owned by the 25,000+ financial institutions that issue its branded cards.
MasterCard, originally known as Master Charge, was created by several California banks as a competitor to the BankAmericard issued by Bank of America, which later became the Visa credit card issued by Visa Inc.
Trading Hours: US, Mon - Fri 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
NYSE Code: MA
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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NETFLIX
Open
Netflix, Inc. is an American provider of on-demand Internet streaming media in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. It started its subscription-based digital distribution service in 1999 and by 2009 it was offering a collection of 100,000 titles on DVD and had surpassed 10 million subscribers. On February 25, 2007, Netflix announced the billionth DVD delivery. In April 2011, Netflix announced 23.6 million subscribers in the United States and over 26 million worldwide. By 2011, the total digital revenue for Netflix reached at least $1.5 billion.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
Reuters Code: NFLX
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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PETROBRAS
Open
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. or Petrobras (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌpɛtɾoˈbɾas]) is a semi-public[7] Brazilian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest company in the Southern Hemisphere by market capitalization and the largest in Latin America measured by 2011 revenues.
Petrobras was founded in 1953. While the company ceased to be Brazil's legal monopolist in the oil industry in 1997, it remains a significant oil producer, with output of more than 2 million barrels (320,000 m3) of oil equivalent per day, as well as a major distributor of oil products. The company also owns oil refineries and oil tankers. Petrobras is a world leader in development of advanced technology from deep-water and ultra-deep water oil production.
In September 2010 Petrobras conducted the largest share sale in history, when US$72.8 billion worth of shares in the company were sold on the BM&F Bovespa stock exchange. Upon the sale Petrobras immediately became the fourth-largest company in the world measured by market capitalization.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
Reuters Code: PBR
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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FIAT
Open
Fiat S.p.A., (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino, English: Italian Automobile Factory of Turin), is an Italian automobile manufacturer based in Turin. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli. During its more than a century long history, Fiat has also manufactured railway engines and carriages, military vehicles, and aircraft. As of 2009, the Fiat group (not inclusive of its subsidiary Chrysler) was the world's ninth largest carmaker and the largest in Italy.
Fiat-based cars are built around the world. Outside Italy, the largest country of production is Brazil, where the Fiat brand is the market leader. The group also has factories in Argentina and Poland and a long history of licensing production of its products in other countries. It also has numerous alliances and joint ventures around the world, the main ones being located in Italy, France, Turkey, Serbia, India and China.
In September 2010, shareholders approved a plan to split Fiat's capital goods businesses from the group. Agricultural and construction equipment manufacturer CNH Global NV, truck maker Iveco, and the industrial and marine division of Fiat Powertrain Technologies were spun off into a new group on 1 January 2011. The parent company, Fiat Industrial S.p.A., was listed on the Milan stock exchange on 3 January 2011.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 08:15 - 16:30 GMT
Reuters Code: FIAT.DE
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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MCDONALDS
Open
McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand using production line principles. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955. He subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers and oversaw its worldwide growth.
A McDonald's restaurant is operated by either a franchisee, an affiliate, or the corporation itself. The corporation's revenues come from the rent, royalties and fees paid by the franchisees, as well as sales in company-operated restaurants. McDonald's revenues grew 27 percent over the three years ending in 2007 to $22.8 billion, and 9 percent growth in operating income to $3.9 billion.
McDonald's primarily sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken, french fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes, the company has expanded its menu to include salads, wraps, smoothies and fruit.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
NYSE Code: MCD
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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CATERPILLAR
Open
Caterpillar Inc. also known as "CAT", is an American corporation which designs, manufactures, markets and sells machinery and engines and sells financial products and insurance to customers via a worldwide dealer network. Caterpillar is the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. With more than US$70 billion in assets, Caterpillar was ranked number one in its industry and number 44 overall in the 2009 Fortune 500. Caterpillar stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Caterpillar Inc. traces its origins to the 1925 merger of the Holt Manufacturing Company and the C. L. Best Tractor Company, creating a new entity, the California based Caterpillar Tractor Company. In 1986, the company re-organized itself as a Delaware corporation under the current name, Caterpillar Inc.[3] Caterpillar's headquarters are located in Peoria, Illinois, United States.
Caterpillar machinery is recognizable by its trademark "Caterpillar Yellow" livery and the "CAT" logo.
Trading Hours: 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
Reuters Code: CAT
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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GOLDMAN SACHS
Open
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational investment banking firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients.
Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869 and is headquartered at 200 West Street in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City, with additional offices in international financial centers. The firm provides mergers and acquisitions advice, underwriting services, asset management, and prime brokerage to its clients, which include corporations, governments and individuals. The firm also engages in market making and private equity deals, and is a primary dealer in the United States Treasury security market. It is recognized as one of the premier investment banks in the world, but has sparked a great deal of controversy over alleged improper practices, especially since the 2007–2012 global financial crisis.
Former employees include Robert Rubin and Henry Paulson who served as United States Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, respectively, as well as Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of Canada since 2008, Mario Draghi, governor of the European Central Bank and Mario Monti, the Prime Minister of Italy.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
NYSE Code: GS
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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EXXON MOBIL
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Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation. It is a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, and was formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. Its headquarters are in Irving, Texas. It is affiliated with Imperial Oil which operates in Canada.
ExxonMobil is the world's largest company by revenue and one of the largest publicly traded companies by market capitalization in the world. The company is ranked #1 globally in Forbes Global 2000 list in 2012. Exxon Mobil's reserves were 72 billion oil-equivalent barrels at the end of 2007 and, at then (2007) rates of production, are expected to last over 14 years. With 37 oil refineries in 21 countries constituting a combined daily refining capacity of 6.3 million barrels (1,000,000 m3), Exxon Mobil is the largest refiner in the world, a title that was also associated with Standard Oil since its incorporation in 1870.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
NYSE Code: XOM
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GROUPON
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Groupon is a deal-of-the-day website that features discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies. Groupon was launched in November 2008, and the first market for Groupon was Chicago, followed soon thereafter by Boston, New York City, and Toronto. By October 2010 Groupon served more than 150 markets[clarification needed] in North America and 100 markets in Europe, Asia and South America and had 35 million registered users.
In its first earnings release as a public company, Groupon reported a 2011 fourth-quarter loss of $9.8 million on an adjusted basis, disappointing investors. Additional investor concern arose after the company restated 2011 revenues downward in March 2012.
Trading Hours: US, Fri 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
Reuters Code: GRPN
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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JP MORGAN CHASE
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational banking corporation of securities, investments and retail. It is the largest bank in the United States by assets. It is a major provider of financial services, with assets of $2 trillion and according to Forbes magazine is the world's second largest public company based on a composite ranking. The hedge fund unit of JPMorgan Chase is one of the largest hedge funds in the United States. It was formed in 2000, when Chase Manhattan Corporation merged with J.P. Morgan & Co.
JPMorgan Chase is one of the Big Four banks of the United States with Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo. According to Bloomberg, as of October 2011 JPMorgan Chase surpassed Bank of America as the largest U.S. bank by assets. Through its predecessor, the Bank of the Manhattan Company, it is the 22nd oldest bank in the world.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
NYSE Code: JPM
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DISNEY
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The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media corporation headquartered in Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California, United States. It is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, music, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.
The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Studios, and today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, A+E Networks, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 14 theme parks around the world. It also has a successful music division. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
NYSE Code: DIS
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LAS VEGAS SANDS
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVSC) is an American global developer of integrated resort company based in Paradise, Nevada, USA. The company is one of the leading global developers of destination properties. Its resorts feature high-end accommodations, gaming and entertainment, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants and clubs, as well as an art and science museum in Singapore.
It has several resorts in the United States and Asia. Among its properties in the United States are two Five-Diamond luxury resorts on the Las Vegas Strip: The Venetian (Las Vegas) and The Palazzo. Also in the United States is the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
In Asia, the Marina Bay Sands located in Singapore is the most recent addition to the company’s portfolio. Through its majority-owned subsidiary Sands China Ltd, the company owns several properties in Macau, including The Venetian Macao, The Plaza Macao, Four Seasons Hotel Macao and the Four Seasons-branded apartments at the Sands Cotai Central development, as well as the Sands Macao on the Macau peninsula. The company is currently constructing a 6,400-room complex at the Sands Cotai Central, which will feature the Sheraton, St. Regis, Holiday Inn, and Intercontinental hotel brands.
Trading Hours: Monday - Friday, 13:00 - 21:00
NYSE Code: LVSC
Expiry Rule: (Bid + Ask) / 2
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GENERAL MOTORS
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General Motors Company, commonly known as GM (General Motors Corporation before 2009), is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, and the world's largest automaker, by vehicle unit sales, in 2011, employing 202,000 people and doing business in some 157 countries. General Motors produces cars and trucks in 31 countries, and sells and services these vehicles through the following four regional segments, which are GM North America (GMNA), GM Europe (GME), GM International Operations (GMIO), and GM South America (GMSA), through which development, production, marketing and sales are organised in their respective world regions, plus as fifth segment GM Financial.
General Motors (GM) automobile marques are Alpheon, Baojun, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Jiefang, Opel, Vauxhall, Holden, and Wuling.
In 2009, the company shed several brands, closing Saturn and Pontiac, and emerged from a government backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering that was one of the world's top 5 largest IPOs to date. GM returned to profitability in 2011.
Trading Hours: US, Fri 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
NYSE Code: GM
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UNILEVER
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Unilever is an Anglo–Dutch multinational consumer goods company. Its products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's third-largest consumer goods company measured by 2011 revenues (after Procter & Gamble and Nestlé) and the world's largest maker of ice cream.
Unilever is a dual-listed company consisting of Unilever N.V., based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Unilever PLC, based in London, United Kingdom. Both companies have the same directors and they operate as a single business. The current non-executive Chairman of Unilever N.V. and PLC is Michael Treschow while Paul Polman is Group Chief Executive.
Unilever owns over 400 brands, amongst the largest selling of which are Aviance, Axe/Lynx, Ben & Jerry's, Dove, Flora/Becel, Heartbrand, Hellmann's, Knorr, Lipton, Lux/Radox, Omo/Surf, Rexona/Sure, Sunsilk, Toni & Guy, TRESemmé, VO5 and Wish-Bone.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 08:15-16:30 GMT
Euronext Code: UNA
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BNP PARIBAS
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BNP Paribas S.A. is a French global banking group, headquartered in Paris, with its second global headquarters in London. It was formed through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas in 2000. In 2012, BNP Paribas was ranked by Bloomberg and Forbes as the third largest bank in the world, as measured by total assets of US 2,542,738.after Deutsche Bank and HSBC.
BNP Paribas escaped the 2007–09 credit crisis relatively unscathed reporting a €3 billion net profit for the year of 2008, and €5.8 billion for 2009, both years boosted by profits from trading in its CIB (Corporate and Investment Banking) division. BNP Paribas has one of the highest credit ratings in its peer group with the long term debt of the group currently ranked A+ by S&P, A2 by Moody's and A+ by Fitch.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 8:15 - 16:30 GMT
Reuters Code: BNP.PA
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TESCO
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Tesco PLC is a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues (after Wal-Mart and Carrefour) and the second-largest measured by profits (after Wal-Mart). It has stores in 14 countries across Asia, Europe and North America and is the grocery market leader in the UK (where it has a market share of around 30%), Malaysia, the Republic of Ireland and Thailand.
The Tesco name first appeared in 1924, after Cohen purchased a shipment of tea from T. E. Stockwell and combined those initials with the first two letters of his surname, and the first Tesco store opened in 1929 in Burnt Oak, Middlesex. His business expanded rapidly, and by 1939 he had over 100 Tesco stores across the country. Originally a UK-focused grocery retailer, since the early 1990s Tesco has increasingly diversified geographically and into areas such as the retailing of books, clothing, electronics, furniture, petrol and software; financial services; telecoms and internet services; DVD rental; and music downloads. The 1990s saw Tesco reposition itself, from its perception as a downmarket "pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap" retailer, to one which appeals across a wide social group, from its Tesco Value to its Tesco Finest ranges. This was successful, and saw the chain grow from 500 stores in the mid 1990s to 2,500 stores fifteen years later.
Tesco is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalization of approximately £24.4 billion as of 15 January 2012, the 15th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 08:15 - 16:30 GMT
LSE Code: TSCO.L
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PARIS TELECOM
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Télécom ParisTech (also known as ENST or France Télécom or École nationale supérieure des télécommunications) is one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles in France and one of the finest institutions in the field of Telecommunications. Located in Paris, it is also a member of prestigious ParisTech and Institut Telecom.
It has established a school named Institut Eurécom in collaboration with EPFL at Sophia-Antipolis.
Trading Hours: EURO
Reuters Code: FTE.PA
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TOTAL
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Total S.A. (French pronunciation: [tɔ'tal]) is a French multinational oil and gas company and one of the six "Supermajor" oil companies in the world. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. Total is also a large-scale chemicals manufacturer. The company has its head office in the Tour Total in the La Défense district in Courbevoie, West of Paris.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 08:15-16:30 GMT
Reuters Code: FP.PA
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FACEBOOK
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Facebook is a social networking service launched in February 2004, owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. As of September 2012, Facebook has over one billion active users, more than half of them using Facebook on a mobile device. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics, and categorize their friends into lists such as "People From Work" or "Close Friends".
A January 2009 Compete.com study ranked Facebook as the most used social networking service by worldwide monthly active users. Entertainment Weekly included the site on its end-of-the-decade "best-of" list, saying, "How on earth did we stalk our exes, remember our co-workers' birthdays, bug our friends, and play a rousing game of Scrabulous before Facebook?" Critics, such as Facebook Detox, state that Facebook has turned into a national obsession in the United States, resulting in vast amounts of time lost and encouraging narcissism. Quantcast estimates Facebook has 138.9 million monthly unique U.S. visitors in May 2011. According to Social Media Today, in April 2010 an estimated 41.6% of the U.S. population had a Facebook account. Nevertheless, Facebook's market growth started to stall in some regions, with the site losing 7 million active users in the United States and Canada in May 2011.
Trading Hours: US, Mon - Fri 14:40 - 21:10 GMT
Reuters Code: FB
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RIO T. VS. BHP B.
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RIO T. VS BHP B. is a pair that consists of RIO TINTO traded against BHP Billiton.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30 - 16:30 GMT
Reuters Code: RIO.L/BHP.L
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DEUTSCHE TELCOM
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Deutsche Telecom is the largest telecommunications company in Europe. The headquarters of the company are located in Bonn, Germany.
Trading Hours: Mon - Fri 08:15-16:30 GMT
Reuters Code: DTE.DE
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