MARKETS Data pages

What will I find in markets?

Click below to learn more about the following topics:

• World Equities
• Currencies
• Bonds & Rates
• Commodities & Futures
• Portfolio
• Companies Research/Quotes Box
• Interactive Charting
• Market Alerts
• Research Data Archive

FT.com’s markets data area covers quotes, currency data and a range of country and companies’ research. Various tools are available; including portfolio, alerts, interactive charting features and a research archive for historical data.

World Equities

The Equities Overview page covers the latest news, charts and information on indices in the American, European, and Asian-Pacific exchanges. View UK and Global Equity PDF tables.

Go here to lookup market summaries for individual countries via the Market Finder and access country research reports via the Country Research lookup box. Market Macromaps are available from this page too, to give you a comparative view of the performance of world indices.

http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/worldEquities.asp

Currencies

The Currencies overview page provides currency information for 29 different currencies with cross rates against the US Dollar, the Euro, the Sterling Pound and the Japanese Yen.

Currency charts compare the top rated currencies against each other and currencies news provides content of the latest currency headlines. Also available are PDF tables of all major currencies. Go here to find the Currency Converter, which enables you to convert and compare 29 currencies between each other. Also available on this page is the Currency Macromaps, where you can observe relative currency strengths from selected geographic regions.

http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/currencies.asp

Bonds & Rates

The Bonds & Rates section shows an overview of the latest headline bond and rates data. This data includes a table and graph of benchmark government bond yields, and individual countries 10 year government bond spreads compared to the Bund and T-Bonds. There is a table of the overnight Interbank lending rates, official interest and market rates by country.

Capital market news provides content of the latest capital market headlines and from here you can go to the Research Data Archive, which enables you to access the most recent and historic bonds and rates and personal finance tables.

http://markets.ft.com/markets/bonds.asp

Commodities & Futures

The Commodities & Futures overview page covers the latest news, charts and information on commodities. View the latest commodity PDF tables.

Commodity charts allow you to compare commodities from the energy, agriculture and precious metals sectors against leading world indices. Go here to find the Research Archive, which enables you to access the most recent and historic commodities tables.

http://markets.ft.com/markets/commodities.asp

Portfolio

The portfolio tool allows you to track the performance of your holdings; view news stories and key fundamentals related to your portfolio holdings. The interactive charts enable you to compare portfolio holdings against different benchmarks, set custom market alerts and customise portfolio views. It is also possible to add cash holdings and various other assets (e.g. houses or valuables – whatever you type in) to your portfolio by selecting “Other” as an asset type.

Portfolio tool
Porfolio User Guide (HTML)
Portfiolio User Guide (PDF)

Companies Research/Quotes Box

Search for shares using the Companies Research search box or using the Quotes box on the main header. Access data on global markets market movers and losers, and view the latest companies in the news. For individual stocks, quotes information is available via the Quotes box. Information in the performance tab includes the share’s last price, the day’s change, the number of shares traded and the stock’s beta. There is also a shareprice chart with news event overlays, a company summary and comparative analysis. There are also tabs for News, consensus recommendations and analyst reports, a comprehensive business profile of the company and a financials section, which provides detailed company financial statements.

http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/companyResearch.asp

Interactive Charting

This feature allows you to build customised charts. There are various technical indicators and benchmarks which can be overlaid onto the charts and comparisons can be made against a range of indices. View historical prices with use of the mouseover feature on the chart.

Market Alerts

Receive email notifications of price changes (both % and absolute), high low breakouts, trade volumes and comparison price changes against various indices. To begin, fill in your email address, pick an equity or portfolio, and begin receiving alerts by the next day of business. Edit alerts, set vacation stops on alerts and view existing portfolio and equity alerts.

http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/alerts/

Research Data Archive

The archive provides access to the most recent and historic tables of markets data as published in the FT newspaper in the form of PDF files. These are normally available by 2 am (BST), but this may be subject to change.

http://markets.ft.com/ft/markets/researchArchive.asp