---
id: "ric"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["finances"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ric"
---

# Reuters Instrument Code (RIC) (`ric`)

A Reuters instrument code, or RIC, is a ticker-like code used by Refinitiv to identify financial instruments and indices. The codes are used for looking up information on various Refinitiv financial information networks (such as Refinitiv Real Time) and appear to have developed from the Quotron service purchased in the 1980s.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
[A-Z0-9.]{1,16}
```

## Examples

- `IBM.N` — IBM being traded on the New York Stock Exchang
- `IBM.L` — IBM being traded on London Stock Exchange

## Mappings

- fibo: <https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/SEC/Securities/SecuritiesIdentificationIndividuals/RefinitivInstrumentCode>

## Supported by tools

- `collibra`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters_Instrument_Code>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: anchored regexp, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/ric.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/finances/ric.yaml>