Interactive Data Corporation, provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, has stated that its real-time services business has added new market data coverage to PlusFeed, its low-latency, consolidated global datafeed. In addition to Level 2 data for a variety of global exchanges, Interactive Data has also added a range of emerging markets exchanges to PlusFeed.

With a focus on increasing visibility of liquidity in the world’s emerging markets, Interactive Data has added coverage of the National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (India), Level 1 and Level 2 data for Micex (Russia), as well as depth-of-market data for Johannesburg (South Africa) and Bombay (India) Stock Exchanges. Coverage of the Tokyo Financial Exchange (Japan) has also been added.

In addition, Interactive Data recently signed an agreement with XData, a market data solutions provider for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, to supply financial market data from exchanges in the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) via PlusFeed.

The exchanges covered are Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, Bahrain Stock Exchange, Doha Securities Market, Dubai Financial Market, Muscat Securities Market, NASDAQ Dubai and Tadawul (Saudi Arabia).

Hilary London, general manager of EMEA at Interactive Data Real-Time Services, said: “Regional and alternative exchanges represent a growing element of our customers’ trading strategies and we aim to ensure that they can have access to the venues they need. By delivering such depth and breadth of coverage, PlusFeed can provide a wide range of data to trading applications at financial institutions worldwide.”