Stock indexes of the world economy
The index S & P500 (Standard and Poor's 500) - the so-called "broad market index." To calculate the base value is compared to values of certain groups of stocks to their current market rates. The basis of calculating the base value used the values of stock price over the period from 1941 to 1943, and was set to 10. Thus, if, for example, now the S & P500 is 200, it means that the average rate of five hundred shares included in the index, compared with the period 1941-43gg. increased by a factor of 20 (200:10). Many professional investors use in their analysis is the index of S & P500, assuming that this is the index most closely reflects the overall picture of the fluctuation of the stock market.
Index NASDAQ (National Assosiation of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) reflects the turnover of the securities on the OTC market. His publishes national association of securities trading, taking as a basis for their quotations (in the U.S.). NASDAQ index is calculated similarly to S & P500, only the base (the base) takes the value of shares as of 05/02/1971, with the base value is 100. To calculate the NASDAQ composite index using the values of all the courses of ordinary shares, traded in his system (it is currently more than 4200 shares).
The index of DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average), the so-called "industrial average" Dow Jones. He compiled on the basis of the rate of 30 issues of shares of industrial companies that were selected based on their assessment of the market and the degree of spread among a large number of investors. Shares comprised in this group that emitted high-class industrial companies. It is believed that the behavior of these stocks has a significant impact on the dynamics of the securities market as a whole. Due to mergers and bankruptcies of companies, as well as due to the emergence of new shares in the market strong companies, the list of stocks included in the DJIA index basket regularly updated. By itself, the Dow Jones is the arithmetic mean of the rates of these stocks.
Nikkei-225 index - a special index of securities, which reflects the situation on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. For its preparation used 225 shares of Japanese companies, it is calculated by a method similar to the method of calculating the Dow Jones.
Index AMEX (American Stock Exchange) - a typical stock market index, which reflects the movement of stock prices on the American Stock Exchange. The motion is calculated relative to the baseline value of 100, which was established as of 08/31/1973. The index takes into account all issues of shares that are traded on the American Stock Exchange.
Index DAH30 - is the main and most important index of Germany, the index basket which includes the value of the shares rate of more than 30 major companies that are in circulation on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The index of NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) - calculated by analogy with the indices S & P500 and NASDAQ, it covers all the shares that are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (ie, 2200 shares). In calculating the index using the base value of 50, for which approved the stock price as of 31.12.1965 year.
Index of FTSE100 (Financial Times Industrial Ordinary Share Index) was created in 1935, the Agency Financial Times and is the oldest index of the UK. Its shares are listing a hundred companies with different profiles of activity. In this listing the shares fall, selected by experts, among whom are representatives of the newspaper Financial Times.
In France it is the major indexes: CAC-40 and SAS General. These indices are calculated by the Company and the Paris Stock Exchange French Stock Exchanges and include in the index basket 40 and the 250 largest French companies, respectively.
