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Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

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I/B/E/S Ticker<br />

Descriptive Data, Current Item; Field 06038<br />

All Industries:<br />

I/B/E/S TICKER represents the symbol used by I/B/E/S to identify companies for which they track<br />

earnings estimates. This item provides a link between the I/B/E/S and <strong>Worldscope</strong> databases.<br />

ICB Code<br />

Issue 6<br />

I<br />

Descriptive Data, Current Item; Field 07040<br />

All Industries:<br />

ICB CODE represents an industry code within the Industrial Classification Benchmark (ICB) which was<br />

implemented as a result of a merger of the industrial classification of Dow Jones and FTSE. This<br />

benchmark allows for the comparison of companies through four hierarchical levels of industry<br />

classification. The ICB Code provided is the subsector code, the lowest level in the hierarchical structure.<br />

Industry Supersector Sector Subsector<br />

0001 Oil & Gas 0500 Oil & Gas 0530 Oil & Gas Producers 0533 Exploration & Production<br />

0537 Integrated Oil & Gas<br />

0570 Oil Equipment &<br />

Services<br />

0573 Oil Equipment &<br />

Services<br />

0577 Pipelines<br />

1000 Basic Materials 1300 Chemicals 1350 Chemicals 1353 Commodity Chemicals<br />

1357 Specialty Chemicals<br />

1700 Basic<br />

Resources<br />

1730 Forestry & Paper 1733 Forestry<br />

1737 Paper<br />

1750 Industrial Metals 1753 Aluminium<br />

1755 Nonferrous Metals<br />

1757 Steel<br />

1770 Mining 1771 Coal<br />

1773 Diamonds & Gemstones<br />

1775 General Mining<br />

1777 Gold Mining<br />

1779 Platinum & Precious<br />

Metals<br />

2000 Industrials 2300 Construction & 2350 Construction &<br />

2353 Building Materials &<br />

Materials<br />

Materials<br />

Fixtures<br />

2357 Heavy Construction<br />

2700 Industrial<br />

Goods & Services<br />

2710 Aerospace & Defense 2713 Aerospace<br />

2717 Defense<br />

2720 General Industrials 2723 Containers & Packaging<br />

2727 Diversified Industrials<br />

2730 Electronic & Electrical 2733 Electrical Components &<br />

Equipment<br />

Equipment<br />

2737 Electronic Equipment<br />

2750 Industrial Engineering 2753 Commercial Vehicles &<br />

Trucks<br />

2757 Industrial Machinery<br />

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