From 17 July, the TaqTic database will not be available.  Reuters Datascope Tick History will replace it.  Reuters provides the historical data starting from 1 January 1996.  It provides global intraday and end of day Time and Sales, and Time and Quotes data.  It covers commodities, economic indicators, energy, equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, funds, [...]

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