Start of a positive day for the OMXS 30which begins with the day of Thursday, May 8 with increases in 0,57%to the 2,445.58 pointsafter the opening. Regarding previous days, the OMXS 30 Chained two consecutive days of positive numbers.
If we consider the data of the last seven days, the OMXS 30 accumulates a 0.47%increase; However, in interannual terms, it still maintains a decrease in 3,72%. He OMXS 30 It is located 11,47% below its maximum so far this year (2,762.50 points) and a 12,4% above its minimum valuation of the current year (2,175.76 points).
A stock market index It is an indicator that measures the evolution of the price of a specific asset setso it collects data from several companies or sectors of a part of the market.
These indicators are mainly used by the stock exchanges of the countries and Each of them can be integrated by companies with specific characteristics such as having a similar stock market capitalization or belonging to the same type of industry, in addition, 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 Trust indicator in the stock market, business trust, health of the national and global economy and the performance of investments in shares and participations of a company. Generally, if investors have no confidence, the values of the shares tend to fall.
They also work to measure the Performance of an asset manager and allow investors to compare 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. He would carefully analyze how the shares of the companies tended to raise or lower price joints, so he created two indexes: one that contained the 20 most important rail companies (since it was the most important industry of the time), as well as 12 actions of other types of business
There are currently various indices and They can be associated depending on their geographical location, the sectors, the size of the companies or even 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 calculation methodbut the main factor is the stock market capitalization of each company that integrates it. This is removed by multiplying the value of the day of the action in the corresponding stock market by the total shares that are in the market.
Companies that quote on the stock market are obliged to present a balance of its composition. Said report must be made public every three or six months, as appropriate.
Reading a stock market also implies being careful of its modifications over time. Current indices always open with a fixed value based on values prices On its start date, but not everyone follows this method. Therefore, you can induce error.
If an index adds 500 points in one day, while another only adds 20, it might seem that the former had a better profitability. But, if the first began the day at 30,000 points and the other in 300, it can be concluded that, in percentage terms, the profits for the second were greater.
Among the main US stock market indices is the Dow Jones Industrial Avenge, better known as Dow Joneswhich is made up of 30 companies. Also, the S&P 500which includes 500 of the largest companies in the New York Stock Exchange. Finally, the Nasdaq 100which groups 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. Also, 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 Asiawe have the Nikkei 225composed of the 225 most important companies in the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In addition, the SSE Composite Indexwhich appears as the most representative in China, made up of the most prominent 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.
