Global Industry Classification Standard
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global-industry-classification-standard-168-9715825
title:
Global Industry Classification Standard
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The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) is an industry taxonomy developed in 1999 by MSCI and Standard & Poor's (S&P) for use by the global financial community. The GICS structure consists of 11 sectors, 25 industry groups, 74 industries and 163 sub-industries into which S&P has categorized all major public companies. The system is similar to ICB, a classification structure maintained by FTSE Group. GICS is used as a basis for S&P and MSCI indexes used in the financial field which eac
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encyclopedia
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Industry taxonomy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Industry_Classification_Standard
date created:
2005-07-08T11:52:18Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T22:52:04Z
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