Chapter 12 – News

LSEG Workspace users can open News Monitor 2.0 application inside LSEG Workspace to find the news you need.

news_monitor_app

You can retrieve specific stories using:

Keywords.
Codes.
RICs.
Quote chains.

To see Top news. LSEG Workspace users could use keyword TOP NEWS or Topic:TOPNP top_news

The users can also view Top News in TopNews application in LSEG Workspace by searching for TOPNEWS in the search bar top_news_app

From the front page of Top News, you can move to specific news items or topics using the links or the menu.

How to search for news

With LSEG Workspace account, there are three ways of retrieving news:

Searching through News Monitor 2.0 application inside LSEG Workspace to find the news you need. You can enter news code(s), keyword(s) or RIC(s) in News Monitor's search bar, then the suggested keywords will be shown in the search bar's dropdown. Then you can click on each News headline to see its News content
If you are building your own layout, click in an empty frame and select NEWS MONITOR 2.0. Then type the code(s), keyword(s) or RIC(s) and press enter.
Use the Data Library to retrieve News headlines and News story (News content in each News headline)

3.1) First, import libraries and open the data session

import lseg.data as ld

ld.open_session()


    <lseg.data.session.Definition object at 0x1bd17f12780 {name='workspace'}>

3.2) Then, retrieve data - Get News headlines

news_df = ld.news.get_headlines("LSEG.L", count=3)
display(news_df)

	headline	storyId	sourceCode
versionCreated
2026-04-24 09:27:55.768	Tradeweb Markets increases 5.8% in 2026	urn:newsml:newsroom:20260424:nNRA0aqo3p:0	NS:GLOSTP
2026-04-24 08:31:51.085	LSE GROUP <LSEG.L>: UBS RAISES TARGET PRICE TO...	urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260424:nAZN4SSJHH:1	NS:RTRS
2026-04-24 07:37:26.803	David Schwimmer- Led London Stock Exchange Gro...	urn:newsml:newsroom:20260424:nNRA0ap3q7:0	NS:NEWPEO

3.3) Retrieve data - Get News story

story_id = news_df["storyId"].iloc[0]
story = ld.news.get_story(story_id, format=ld.news.Format.TEXT)
print(story)

    Tradeweb Markets increases 5.8% in 2026NASDAQ END-OF-MONTH STOCK REPORT
    
    Tradeweb Markets' (NASDAQ: TW) stock price has now increased $6.20 (or 5.8%) year-to-date (YTD) in 2026 to close at $113.62.
    
    Compared with the NASDAQ-100 Index which has risen 6.1% YTD, this is a relative price change of -0.3% for Tradeweb Markets shareholders.
    
    Tradeweb Markets is the NASDAQ's 6th largest Financials company by market cap.
    
    Period-based % Price change, compared with benchmarks
    
    Price Change %      1-month   3-month   3-year   
    TW                  -9.2%     10.7%              
    Financials sector   3.4%      -8.9%     14.8%    
    NASDAQ-100 Index    10.7%     4.6%      106%     
    
...

3.4) Close the session

ld.close_session()

Codes

Examples:

ECI – news about economic indicators.
EMRG – news about emerging markets.
PL – news relating to Poland.

To view a list of all available news queries, you can use the News Expression Builder (Search by RIC, topic, portfolio...), available from the toolbar of News Monitor 2.0.

news_search_suggestions

Keywords

Type AUCTION to retrieve headlines containing this word.
Type "US CREDIT OUTLOOK" within double quotation marks to find headlines containing this phrase.

To switch between search both headline text and story text for a specific keyword:

Type the keyword within double quotation marks.
Press Shift + F9 simultaneously to switch between searching in News headline and News story text.

RICs

Type LSEG.L to retrieve headlines about LSEG.
Type FTSE to retrieve headlines about the FTSE index.
When you double click on News Expression Builder bar, you will get the News Expression that can be used with LSEG Data Library's get news headline function. For Example,
- R:LSEG.L is the Expression for RIC LSEG.L
- R:.FTSE is the Expression for index RIC FTSE

news_ric_expression

# Use News Expression in 'query' parameter to filter news by company RIC
import lseg.data as ld

ld.open_session()

ld.news.get_headlines(query="R:LSEG.L", count=5)

	headline	storyId	sourceCode
versionCreated
2026-04-24 09:27:55.768	Tradeweb Markets increases 5.8% in 2026	urn:newsml:newsroom:20260424:nNRA0aqo3p:0	NS:GLOSTP
2026-04-24 08:31:51.085	LSE GROUP <LSEG.L>: UBS RAISES TARGET PRICE TO...	urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260424:nAZN4SSJHH:1	NS:RTRS
2026-04-24 07:37:26.803	David Schwimmer- Led London Stock Exchange Gro...	urn:newsml:newsroom:20260424:nNRA0ap3q7:0	NS:NEWPEO
2026-04-24 07:37:07.163	David Schwimmer- Led London Stock Exchange Gro...	urn:newsml:newsroom:20260424:nNRA0ap2ji:0	NS:NEWPEO
2026-04-24 07:08:07.747	Market Watch Moves to London Stock Exchange Gr...	urn:newsml:newsroom:20260424:nNRA0aomm6:0	NS:GLORDP

How to customise your news search

By combining codes, RICs and keywords, you can make your search as specific as required.

Narrow your search

Type each code or keyword then click on the suggested list, then select another keyword(s)

News Expression Builder will form the News Expression for you, which is Topic:ECI AND Topic:EMRG
This will returns News of economic indicators in emerging markets.

Broaden your search

Type more than one code or keyword and join them with OR:

News Expression Builder will form the News Expression for you, which is Topic:ECI OR Topic:EMRG
This will returns all economic indicators and all emerging markets news.

Exclude items

Precede the code, RIC or keyword with NOT:

Topic:ECI AND Topic:EMRG NOT Topic:PL – economic indicators in emerging markets except Poland.

ld.news.get_headlines(query="Topic:ECI AND Topic:EMRG NOT Topic:PL")

	headline	storyId	sourceCode
versionCreated
2026-04-24 09:36:30.721	China lifts lending caps for foreign banks	urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260421:nIfp5rKtzq:4	NS:LLPC
2026-04-24 09:34:11.586	U.S. Soybean Exports In 2026 Show 27% Increase...	urn🔗webnews:20260424:nNRA0aqtv0:0	NS:FORCOO
2026-04-24 09:33:59.199	FADILLAH: NATION'S PLASTIC SUPPLY SUFFICIENT A...	urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260424:nBERc5SrVJ:1	NS:BER
2026-04-24 09:33:17.418	Gulf states in limbo as US-Iran crisis drags on	urn:newsml:newsroom:20260424:nNRA0aqtho:0	NS:AGEPRE
2026-04-24 09:30:35.798	Vietnam's 16th legislature concludes 1st session	urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260424:nNRA0aqr93:1	NS:XINNEY
2026-04-24 09:29:15.659	Vietnam-South Korea forum outlines three pilla...	urn🔗webnews:20260424:nNRA0aqouv:0	NS:VIEVIF
2026-04-24 09:28:54.000	FOREX-Dollaro verso rialzo settimanale su stal...	urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260424:nL6N4170MO:1	NS:RTRS
2026-04-24 09:28:40.000	TOP NEWS 環球經濟（4月24日）	urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260424:nL6T41701O:3	NS:RTRS
2026-04-24 09:28:40.000	TOP NEWS 环球经济（4月24日）	urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260424:nL6S41701O:3	NS:RTRS
2026-04-24 09:28:29.984	MONETA Money Bank, a.s. -- Interim Q1 (87241450)	urn:newsml:reuters.com:20260424:nGLF9zLlHs:3	NS:GLFILE

ld.close_session()

News topic Guide

News topic Guide [TOPICS] is an application which consists of all the News topic codes available in LSEG Workspace

news_topic_guide_app

News topic codes are grouped into various categories like asset classes, economy, business sectors, languages, geographies etc. In the app, you can also find topic codes for various newsletters, reports, and Reuters news story types.

news_topic_guide

You can click any of the News topics to prompt a search in the News Monitor App. News topics can be used in conjuction with other topic codes, source codes, keywords, and company identifiers (by using AND OR NOT operators) for a more targeted search query.

Or use any word of your choice as a keyword, then select the suggested topic

news_topic_search

Example News topic codes are

Description	Topic Code
All Alerts	`AA`

Description	Topic Code
Reuters top news pages	`TOPNP`
Top news - World news	`TOP/G`
Top news - Foreign exchange	`TOP/FRX`
Top news - European Equities	`TOP/EQE`
Top news - Asian Equities	`TOP/EQA`
Top news - US	`TOP/US`
Top news - UK	`TOP/UK`
Top news - Emerging markets	`TOP/EMRG`
Top news - Government debt	`TOP/DBT`

News by keyword

Description	Topic Code
Diaries	`DIARY`
Press digests	`PRESS`
Interviews	`INTER`
Advisories	`ADVS`

News by region

Description	Topic Code
European news	`EUROP`
Western Europe	`WEU`
European Union	`EU`
Asia / Pacific	`ASIA`
United States	`US`
Nordic States	`NORD`
East European Country	`EEU`
Emerging Markets Countries	`EMRG`
South America / Central America	`LATAM`

Equity news

Description	Topic Code
Top company news by region - in Europe	`TOP/EQE`
Top company news by region - in Asia	`TOP/EQA`
Top company news by region - in the US	`TOP/US`
Top company news by region - in the UK	`TOP/UK`
Company performance / results / earnings	`RES`
Results forecasts / warnings	`RESF`
Mergers / acquisitions / takeovers	`MRG`
Volatile shares / HOT stocks	`HOT`
New issues	`ISU`
Initial public offerings	`IPO`
Broker research / recommendations	`RCH`
Credit / debt ratings	`AAA`
Derivatives	`DRV`
Equities markets	`STX`
Top news - Banking & financial services	`TOP/FIN`
Top news - Technology, media & telecommunications	`TOP/TMT`
Top news - Health	`TOP/HEALTH`
Top news - Consumer goods & retailing	`TOP/RETAIL`
Top news - Industrials	`TOP/BASIC`
Top news - Fund management	`TOP/FUND`
Top news - Corporate finance	`TOP/DEALS`
US stocks	`.N`
UK stocks	`.L`
Japan stocks	`.T`
European stocks	`.EU`
US stocks weekly outlook	`.N/O`

Commodities news

Metals (MTL, TOP/MTL, GOL, etc.).
Softs (COF, COC, RUB, SUG, TEA, etc.).
Grains, oilseeds and livestock (GRO, TOP/GRO, OILS, GRA, MEAL, COT, LIV).

Energy news

Energy International News Service (O).
Top news - energy (TOP/O).
Regional power (ELN, ELE).
OPEC (OPEC).
Crude oil (CRU), products (PROD), natural gas (NGS).
Energy diaries (O/DIARY).

General news

General News International News Service: G.
Government/Politics: POL.
Diplomacy/Foreign Policy: DIP.
Disasters/Accidents: DIS.
Elections/Voting: VOTE.
Sport: SPO.
Human interest/Brights/Odd News: ODD.
Weather Markets/Weather: WEA.

Other useful pages

The following pages are also useful.

You can view these in a Quote app in LSEG Workspace - hit F4 button to access Quote app.

ECILT/WRAP – G7 economic growth outlook poll wrapup.
POLLS – Reuters Polls (Forecasts). Discover all forecast data available from Reuters polls.

Language codes

You can filter news so that you only see a specific language.

Example: ECI LEN – economic indicator news in English. (The built expression will be Topic:ECI AND Language:LEN)

To see a list of all available language codes, click LANGUAGES section in News Topic Guide:

language_topics

language_topics_2

Third-party news sources

Examples:

UK regulatory news (non-LSE): RNS.
PR Newswire: PRN.
Business Wire: BSW.
Corporate Announcements - Global: CNR.
Dow Jones Newswires: DJN.

Get available news topic codes via LDP API

If you want to discover valid topic codes programmatically, call the LDP metadata endpoint:

GET /data/news/v1/metadata

Use the group query parameter to specify which metadata list you want:

`group` value	Returns
`BusinessSectors`	Available Business Sectors codes
`Geography`	Available Geography codes
`Language`	Available Language codes
`Market`	Available Market codes
`MoreTopics`	Available More Topics codes
`Report`	Available Report codes
`Source`	Available Source codes

Once you have the topic codes, you can plug them into your news query expressions, for example Topic:ECI, Topic:MKTREP, or Topic:OIL.

Note: This endpoint requires an LDP (LSEG Delivery Platform) credentials or a session with News metadata entitlements. Standard Workspace Desktop accounts may not have access to this endpoint and will receive an empty result.

The example below requests group=BusinessSectors, then shows the returned topic-code table. This is useful when you want to build news expressions dynamically instead of looking up codes manually in Workspace. And the example below also demonstrates how to connect to Platform session with the Platform credentials, as mentioned earlier, this endpoint requires the Platform account with News metadata entitlements.

# Connecting to the session with platform account credentials parameters in ld.open_session()
# to show how to set up a platform session over the parameters.
import lseg.data as ld

APP_KEY = "<your APP_KEY>"
USERNAME = "<your USERNAME>"
PASSWORD = "<your PASSWORD>"

session = ld.session.platform.Definition(
    app_key = APP_KEY, 
    grant = ld.session.platform.GrantPassword(
        username = USERNAME, 
        password = PASSWORD
    ),
    signon_control = True
).get_session()
session.open()
ld.session.set_default(session)

# Use endpoint_request in lseg.data.delivery to make a request to the news metadata endpoint
# to get the list of news topics.

from lseg.data.delivery import endpoint_request

group = 'BusinessSectors'
limit = 10 # increase or remove to see more results
news_url = f'/data/news/v1/metadata?group={group}&limit={limit}'

request_definition = endpoint_request.Definition(
    url = news_url,
    method = endpoint_request.RequestMethod.GET
)

response = request_definition.get_data()

session.close()

response.data.raw

    {'data': [{'id': 'B:1624',
       'description': 'Companies engaged in lending money for the purpose of providing collateralized goods such as automobiles, electronics and appliances through a contractual installment sales agreement.',
       'label': 'Consumer Leasing (TRBC level 5)',
       'group': 'BusinessSectors',
       'readable': 'Topic:CONLEA',
       'searchable': True,
       'childrenCount': 0},
      {'id': 'B:1831',
       'description': 'Companies engaged in operating gas distribution systems (mains, meters).',
       'label': 'Natural Gas Distribution (TRBC level 5)',
       'group': 'BusinessSectors',
       'readable': 'Topic:NGASD',
       'searchable': True,
       'childrenCount': 0},
      {'id': 'B:1019',
       'description': 'Companies engaged in oil & gas drilling techniques viewed as unconventional or specialised, such as those deployed to exploit oil shales, oil sands, coal-based liquids, tight sand gas, shale gas, deep natural gas, and tight natural methane hydrates.',
       'label': 'Unconventional Oil & Gas Drilling (TRBC level 5)',
       'group': 'BusinessSectors',
       'readable': 'Topic:UNOGD',
       'searchable': True,
       'childrenCount': 0},
      {'id': 'B:294',
       'description': 'Providers of financial technology (Fintech) services and infrastructure.',
       'label': 'Financial Technology (Fintech) & Infrastructure (TRBC level 3)',
       'group': 'BusinessSectors',
       'readable': 'Topic:FTECH',
       'searchable': True,
       'childrenCount': 16},
      {'id': 'B:1214',
       'description': 'Companies engaged in human resources, employment and staff management services. Includes online job portals.',
       'label': 'Employment Services (NEC) (TRBC level 5)',
       'group': 'BusinessSectors',
       'readable': 'Topic:HRSC1',
       'searchable': True,
       'childrenCount': 0},
      {'id': 'B:1102',
       'description': 'Companies engaged in developing the mine site, mining, and/or beneficiating of copper.',
       'label': 'Copper Ore Mining (TRBC level 5)',
       'group': 'BusinessSectors',
       'readable': 'Topic:COPMIN',
       'searchable': True,
       'childrenCount': 0},
      {'id': 'B:1371',
       'description': 'Companies engaged in the manufacturing of household appliances, such as washer/dryers, vacuum cleaners, hairdryers, home use drills, lawnmowers, among others.',
       'label': 'Household Appliances (TRBC level 5)',
       'group': 'BusinessSectors',
       'readable': 'Topic:HOMAPP',
       'searchable': True,
       'childrenCount': 0},
      {'id': 'B:1747',
       'description': 'Companies engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products.',
       'label': 'Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing (TRBC level 5)',
       'group': 'BusinessSectors',
       'readable': 'Topic:SEMEQ',
       'searchable': True,
       'childrenCount': 0},
      {'id': 'B:1642',
       'description': 'Companies engaged in operating and/or managing funds and/or trusts other than hedge funds, such as mutuals, unit trusts, investment trusts and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as well as operators of pension funds and life insurance funds. Excludes REITs (classified in Residential & Commercial REITs).',
       'label': 'Collective Investment Fund Operators (TRBC level 5)',
       'group': 'BusinessSectors',
       'readable': 'Topic:COLLIF',
       'searchable': True,
       'childrenCount': 0},
      {'id': 'B:1665',
       'description': 'Companies engaged in least two activities under the Reinsurance Industry, none being dominant: Life & Health Reinsurance and Property & Casualty Reinsurance. Includes also entities not elsewhere classified under the Reinsurance industry.',
       'label': 'Reinsurance (NEC) (TRBC level 5)',
       'group': 'BusinessSectors',
       'readable': 'Topic:RINS1',
       'searchable': True,
       'childrenCount': 0}],
     'meta': {'next': 'eyJsaW1pdCI6MTAsIm9wdGlvbnMiOnsic2Vjb25kYXJ5SW5kZXhLZXkiOiJCdXNpbmVzc1NlY3RvcnMifSwiZm9yd2FyZCI6dHJ1ZSwicGFnaW5hdGlvbklkIjoiMDAwMDAwMjE4NyJ9',
      'prev': None,
      'metaDataVersions': {'newswire': '7d7b2b1e71875226a42bf71a33c98685cfcf56f3043db47a095cb5d72cd982899de20294e051188d0c242b80269dc9208bbf252b3e6e9535f8ff675df6f676f7',
       'newswire_metadata': '600eac953fd548ca744a15bc245946faea3077c8ae3b749111b7b6abf601b05e4638732653fd6b82a5dfa2cd0b5f2ea3e8e57fd5689b922bacd37f3e6c5d5fd3',
       'rcs': '26001'}}}

Here is the example endpoint call via API Playground api-playground-business-sector

How to search for news​

Codes​

Keywords​

RICs​

How to customise your news search​

Narrow your search​

Broaden your search​

Exclude items​

News topic Guide​

Example News topic codes are​

Top News stories​

News by keyword​

News by region​

Equity news​

Commodities news​

Energy news​

General news​

Other useful pages​

Language codes​

Third-party news sources​

Get available news topic codes via LDP API​