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XigniteGlobalIndicesHistorical Overview

Historical Stock Market Index and Market Indices Benchmark Data API

This API offers historical daily index values for more than 10,000 U.S. and global market indices, including popular index families such as Dow Jones, S&P, NASDAQ, Hang Seng, and others. Distribution of historical stock market index data is occasionally subject to strict licensing by the index family.

Key Features

  • Historical Data
  • Note that some index providers require firms that display historical index data on websites and portals to establish distribution agreements and pay distribution fees.
  • Volume information is available but only on a limited set of indices
  • Index lists by index group
  • Index search by name
  • Values for one or multiple symbols
  • Index identification by Symbol, Cusip, Valoren, or ISIN when available
  • Support for XML, CSV, and JSON output

Key Benefits

  • Use a single easy-to-use API to obtain historical index values
  • Access institutional quality historical benchmark data through an easy-to-use API
  • Easily embed historical index and benchmark values in your applications--including spreadsheets, websites, mobile apps, and other corporate applications
  • Dramatically reduce time to market for apps that need index values and benchmark data
  • Eliminate the pains and complexity of legacy feeds by using cloud APIs

Data Coverage At-A-Glance

  • Asset Classes: Indices, Benchmarks
  • Index Groups Covered: NASDAQ, Cboe CSMI (Cboe Streaming Market Indexes, formerly MDX), Dow Jones, S&P, S&P/TSX, S&P/ASX, Hang Seng
  • NIKKEI (Japan), Deutsche Borse (Germany), NSE Nifty (India), NZX (New Zealand), SSE (Shanghai)
  • For a list of Index Groups, use ListIndexGroups

Key Data Points

  • Index Value: Last, Open, High, Low, Close, Volume, Previous Close, Change, Date, Time, UTCOffset
  • Index Description: Symbol, Name, Valoren, Index Group, Currency