Companies data clarifications

veyrejulien
veyrejulien Newcomer
in Eikon Data APIs

Hi,
Querying Eikon API in Python i get some data that i don't understand and i hope you can help me.

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1. As you can see in the image, i'm asking for US market instruments. Why i get instruments like data.pk that are quoted in Pakistan?

2. The firsts 4 instruments look the same to me, but have different RIC. Are they different Companies or are the same as the fourth?

2.1 If they are not the same, why there are no company data, ticker, and so on?

2.2 If they are the same, why the first 3 are in Pakistan and the fourth is in Nasdaq?

3. The Data.O RIC actually is not in Nasdaq anymore, now is an OTC. How can get the start and ending date of the ticker when it was quoted in Nasdaq?

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  • Christiaan Meihsl
    Christiaan Meihsl LSEG
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    @veyrejulien,

    To add to Chavalit's answer:

    I'm not a data specialist, but .PK is not for Pakistan (.KA is the Karachi exchange), PK stands for PINK which is for OTC (Over The Counter) and grey market traded instruments. In other words, RICs with that extension are from the US.

    The most recent date corresponds to the current valid RIC: DTRK.PK. The other RICs are old and no longer valid, I guess the instrument must have changed name in time. As Chavalit suggested, leaving out the date delivers the latest values, for all fields.

    As a general rule, the current name of a RIC should be used in all requests.

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