Adverse day for the FTSE MIB IDXwhich opens the session of Monday, May 5 with slight declines of the 0,32%to the 38,204.54 pointsafter the start of the opening session. In relation to previous days, the FTSE MIB IDX Invest the data of the previous day, where it ended with an ascent of 0.71%, showing in recent dates a lack of continuity in the results.
Taking into account the last week, the FTSE MIB IDX marks a rise from 2,29%. He FTSE MIB IDX It is located 3,8% below its maximum of this year (39,713 points) and a 16,72% above its minimum valuation so far this year (32,731 points).
A stock market index It is an indicator that shows how the price of a certain asset set is modifiedso it collects data from different companies or sectors of a market fragment.
These indicators are mainly used by the stock exchanges of various countries and Each of them can be integrated by companies with different specificities As for example, having a similar stock capitalization or belonging to the same type of industry, also, there are some indices that only consider a fist of actions to determine their value or others that consider hundreds of actions.
Stock indices serve as Indicator of confidence in the stock market, business confidence, the health of the national and global economy and the performance of investments in shares and participations of an entity. Generally, if investors have no confidence, actions prices would have a tendency to fall.
They also work to measure the Performance of an asset manager and allow investors to make a comparison between profitability and risk; Measure the opportunities of a financial asset or create wallets.
These types of indicators began to be used at the end of the 19th century after The journalist Charles H. Dow. They would carefully observe how the shares of the companies tended to raise or lower price joints, so it created two indexes: one that contained the 20 most important rail companies (as it was the most important industry of the time), as well as 12 actions of other types of businesses
Currently in our economy there are various indices and They can join according to their geographical location, the sectors, the size of the companies or also the type of assetfor example, the American Nasdaq index is composed of the 100 largest companies mostly related to technologies such as Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB), Alphabet (Goog), Tesla (Tsla), Nvidia (NVDA), Paypal (Pypl), Comcast (CMCSA) (ADBE).
Each stock index has its own way of calculatingbut the main component is the stock market capitalization of each company that integrates it. This is removed by multiplying the value of the title day in the corresponding stock market by the total shares that are in circulation in the market.
Companies that appear on the stock market are obliged to present a balance of its composition. This report must come to light every three or six months, as the case may be.
Reading a stock market also implies observing its evolution over time. The new indices always appear with a fixed value based on shares prices On its start date, but not everyone follows this method. Therefore, you can induce error.
If an index grows 500 points in one day, while another only adds 20, it might seem that the former had a better performance. However, if the first began the day at 30,000 points and the other in 300, it can be derived that, in percentage terms, the profits for the second were considerable.
Among the main stock market indices in the American Union is the Dow Jones Industrial Avenge, better known as Dow Jonesmade up of 30 companies. Similarly, the S&P 500which includes 500 of the largest companies in the New York Stock Exchange. Finally, the Nasdaq 100which unites 100 of the largest non -financial firms.
On the other hand, the most important indices of Europa They are the Eurostoxx 50which covers the 50 most important companies of the Eurozone. On the other hand, the DAX 30the main German index that contains the most outstanding companies in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange; the FTSE 100 of the London Stock Exchange; he CAC 40 of the Paris Stock Exchange; and the IBEX 35of the Spanish Stock Exchange.
In Asiathe main stock market indices are the Nikkei 225composed of the 225 most important companies in the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In addition, the SSE Composite IndexIt is seen as the strongest in China, made up of the most relevant companies in the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Similarly, it is worth mentioning the Hang Seung Index In Hong Kong and the Kospi In South Korea.
Regarding The Latin American regionyou have the IPCwhich contains 35 most prestigious signatures of the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). At least a third of them are owned by the magnate Carlos Slim.
Another is the Bovespacomposed of the 50 most important companies of the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange; he Merval from Argentina; he IPSA of Chile; he MSCI COLCAP of Colombia; he IBC from Caracas, made up of 6 companies in Venezuela.
Finally, there are other types of global stock market rates such as MSCI Latin Americawhich includes the 137 most important companies in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
Similarly, there is the MSCI Worldwhich includes 1600 companies from 23 developed countries; he MSCI Emerging Marketscomposed of more than 800 companies in developing countries; and the S&P Global 100made up of the 100 most powerful multinational firms on the entire planet.
