Index

Indices in BFS are mostly used for performance benchmarks and cannot be traded.

Property	Description
Type	The instrument type
Name	The name of the instrument.
Status	The status determines what user type the instrument should be available to
Visible Status	The status determines what user type the instrument should be visible to
Currency	The currency that the instrument is based in

Property	Description
Price Decimals	The number of decimals to use when showing the price of the instrument
Display Percentage Price	If checked the price will be displayed as a percentage value, in the database the value of 98% will be stored as 0.98 but shown as 98%. In this example we are using currency values as the price.
Price	The price of the instrument
Price Date	The date when the price was set
Multiplier	The multiplier is not used for indices and can be set to 1.
Decimals	This is a legacy property that should be left blank
Quantity Decimals	This is the number of decimals that should be used for the units. For indices this is not used.

Property	Description
Datasheet URL	A link to an instrument description
Categorization	Instrument Categorization
External Reference	A reference that could be used to link the instrument to an external system or some other reference

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