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The new CNBC ticker, unveiled in December 2005.
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The new CNBC ticker, unveiled in December 2005.

The CNBC Ticker is a computer simulation of ticker tapes shown on the lower part of the TV screen on the business television channel CNBC from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, in the U.S. The CNBC Ticker shows security and index symbols just like old ticker tapes that received information by telegraph, but unlike those ticker tapes, it is digital.

The Ticker is sponsored by companies like United Technologies or Charles Schwab, and shows commercial ads from those companies every now and then.

The security identifiers used on the CNBC Ticker are taken from nomenclatures used by third-party companies like Reuters, the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ or the American Stock Exchange (AMEX).

The ticker is composed of a white-background upper band and a dark-blue-background lower band.

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[edit] Upper band

On this picture the upper band shows "BMY 17.1K@25.88▲.41", which means BMY's (Bristol-Myers) last transaction was of 17.1K (17,100) shares @ (at) a bid price of 25.88 USD with a ▲ positive difference of .41 USD. The positive difference is shown by the green color. Red means the difference is negative, i.d., the bid price went down, and dark blue or black means UNCH (unchanged bid price). This particular ticker display was used until the December 19, 2005 relaunch, but was reinstated on July 12, 2006.
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On this picture the upper band shows "BMY 17.1K@25.88▲.41", which means BMY's (Bristol-Myers) last transaction was of 17.1K (17,100) shares @ (at) a bid price of 25.88 USD with a ▲ positive difference of .41 USD. The positive difference is shown by the green color. Red means the difference is negative, i.d., the bid price went down, and dark blue or black means UNCH (unchanged bid price). This particular ticker display was used until the December 19, 2005 relaunch, but was reinstated on July 12, 2006.

[edit] CNBC Market Summary

The upper band shows a CNBC Market Summary one minute after every third of an hour (:01, :21, :41), with the symbols of the main indices, e.g.:

[edit] Commodity Summary

It also shows a Commodity Summary one minute after every sixth of an hour (:01, :11, :21, :31, :41, :51) with the Reuters Instrument Code symbols of commodity futures contracts and their delivery months, e.g.:

Incomplete list of commodity futures shown in the CNBC Ticker's Commodity Summary:

List of delivery month codes:

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January F April J July N October V
February G May K August Q November X
March H June M September U December Z


Since 19 December 2005, the full commodity names are displayed alongside the ticker symbols.

[edit] Stocks

During market hours it shows stock symbols of stocks with high trading volumes of the New York Stock Exchange. After market hours it shows an alphabetic list of those symbols. Those symbols have usually three letters, e.g.:

Since 19 December 2005, the full company names are displayed alongside the ticker symbols.

[edit] Lower band

[edit] Stocks

The lower band shows the stock symbols of the NASDAQ Stock Market and of the American Stock Exchange, e.g.:

[edit] AccuWeather forecast

During the CNBC programs Worldwide Exchange and Squawk Box and Mad Money early-morning reruns, the lower band shows weather forecasts of U.S. and European cities made by Pennsylvanian company AccuWeather, with three-letter or two-letter abbreviations somewhat different from the IATA location identifiers for cities, e.g.

[edit] CNBC Europe Ticker

CNBC Europe also broadcasts a similar ticker to the ticker broadcast on CNBC US. It contains information from the major stock exchanges in Western Europe and Scandinavia, including prominently, the London Stock Exchange, the Euronext Paris Exchange, and the Deutsche Börse. Unlike the US ticker prior to December 2005, the full stock names have always been displayed for European shares, not symbols. US companies do however use the same symbols as CNBC US (the full names are now displayed also). The information for the European ticker is provided by Reuters (formerly by Moneyline Telerate), and this is regularly promoted on the ticker.

The CNBC Europe Ticker contains information as follows (the times shown are GMT/BST):

  • Pre-Market (05:00-08:00) : Upper Band: US recaps, Asian Most Actives. Lower Band: Europe Recaps:
  • Market Open (08:00-14:30, 16:00-16:30) Upper Band: Live Trades. Lower Band: Most Actives.
  • US Market Open (14:30-16:00). Upper Band: Europe Live Trades. Lower Band: NYSE / NASDAQ Stock Market / American Stock Exchange Live Trades, CNBC Europe US Market Summary (see CNBC Market Summary above).
  • Post Market (16:30-18:00) : Upper Band: Winners and Losers. Lower Band: Most Actives.
  • US Market Afternoon: (18:00-21:00): This is a simulation by CNBC Europe of the ticker on CNBC US, and contains similar data and a similar format to the "real" CNBC Ticker. The format is slightly different, in terms of fonts used, and the CNBC Europe DOG is displayed, in full colour. No sponsorship is displayed on the ticker.
  • Post US Market (21:00-22:00): Upper Band: US Extended Hours Trades / CNBC Europe US Market Summary. Lower Band: Europe Most Actives.

During CNBC Asia programming, the CNBC Asia ticker is displayed (see below).

[edit] CNBC Asia Ticker

CNBC Asia also uses a two-line ticker of similar design to the Europe ticker. This displays Most Actives for major Asian stock exchanges, as well as US and Europe recaps. The information for this ticker is also provided by Reuters.

[edit] See also

[edit] External link

[edit] References

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