NASDAQ Steps Up and Adds Cannabis Price Indexes

In yet another sign that marijuana is barreling toward mainstream acceptance, Nasdaq Stock Market has added cannabis industry price indexes to its GIDS platform. As reported in the New York edition of CityBizList, Canadian spot prices, provided by New Leaf Data Services, will now be available on the Nasdaq subscription service, GIDS.

The data comes from Cannabis Benchmarks, a unit of New Leaf Data Services, and is compiled from a number of businesses and industry leaders in the Canadian cannabis sector. The data available through the GIDS subscription service covers current information from the cultivation, retail, and industry association verticals.