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DATA COMMANDS: [enter commands in channel - quote status is indicated by 'LIVE' and/or timestamp in USET or local exchange after quote display]  > U.S. Stock Quotes: eg .msft [NYSE & NASDAQ quotes LIVE]  > Australia Stock Quotes: eg $nab [ASX 20 min delay approx]  > U.S. Index Futures: .fut [Dow Industrials, NASDAQ, S&P 500] or .dj .nd .sp [CME/CBOT 10 min delay]  > E-Mini Index Futures .emini [Dow Industrials, NASDAQ, S&P 500] or .ym .nq .es [CME/CBOT 10 min delay]  > Other Futures: .zq [Fed Funds] .nk [Nikkei 225 Globex] .nkf [Nikkei 225 SGX] .hkf [Hang Seng SGX] .spi [SPI 200 SFE]  > U.S. Indices: .us [Dow Industrials, NASDAQ Composite, S&P 500] or .djia .comp .spx  .us2 [AMEX, Dow Transports, Dow Utilities, NASDAQ 100, NYSE, Russell 2000, Semiconductor Index, VIX, Wilshire 5000]  > Other U.S. / Americas: .djt [Dow Transports] .dju [Dow Utilities] .dwc [DJ Wilshire 5000] .rut [Russell 2000] .vix [CBOE Volatility Index] .vxn [NASDAQ Volatility Index] .sox [Phl Semiconductor Index] .vol [NYSE/NASDAQ Volume] .stats [Advancing/Declining Issues] .hui [AMEX Gold Bugs Index] .tsx [Toronto Stock Exchange] .bvsp [Brazil Bovespa]  > Asia/Pacific Indices: .asia or .asx [Australia] .nz [New Zealand] .nikkei [Japan] .hsi [Hong Kong] .ssec [Shanghai] .sti [Singapore] .kospi [South Korea] .klse [Malaysia]  > Europe Indices: .europe or .cac [France] .dax [Germany] .ftse [United Kingdom] .aex [Amsterdam] .mibtel [Italy] .smi [Switzerland]  > Forex: .fx [USD vs AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, JPY, NZD, CNY] or .aud .cad .chf .eur .gbp .jpy .cny .nzd     Other cross-rate: eg .audjpy=x  U.S. Dollar Index: .udx  > Metals: .metals [Spot Gold, Spot Silver, Spot Palladium, Spot Platiuum] or .gold .silver .xpd .xpt .copper  > Energy: .energy [NYMEX Crude, Heating Oil, Natural Gas] or .crude .brent .ho .ng  > Treasuries/Commodities: .bonds .grains .softs .crbi [Reuters/Jeffries CRBI Index]  > Weather: .wx city or .wx U.S. Postcode [eg .wx New York .wx London .wx 90210]

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