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AUS200, DE30, HK50, JP225, ES35: Can you follow the pattern? National indices are usually named after the country’s ISO Alpha-2 code and the number of stocks included in the index.
But stock market indices do not only measure the performance of a country’s stocks. An index can measure a market sector’s stocks, like NASDAQ100 which tracks 103 (yeah, not 100) equity securities issued by 100 (got it?) non-financial companies listed on Nasdaq.
Stock indices measure either a stock market or stock market
industry sector (subset). Measuring data from index markets
enable investors to get a feel for how well a specific market performs.
Here are the five most widely followed indices at a glance.
Stock indices measure either a stock market or stock market industry sector (subset).
Measuring data from index markets enable investors to get a feel for how well a specific market performs.
Here are the five most widely followed indices at a glance.
Year of birth:
Type:
Large-Cap
30
Year of birth:
1957
Type:
Large-Cap
Free-float capitalisation-weighted
505
Year of birth:
1988
Type:
Large-Cap
Capitalisation-weighted
30
Year of birth:
1984
Type:
Large-Cap
Capitalisation-weighted
100
Year of birth:
1985
Type:
Large-Cap
103
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