1. FTSE UK 100, also known as FTSE UK 100 index. London Financial Times 100 index. London Financial Times Index. Starting from 1984, 100 stocks traded on the London Stock Exchange were specially selected. Their constituent stocks cover nine major European countries, mainly British companies, and other countries include Germany, France, Italy, Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands and Spain.
2. Frankfurt index of Germany, also known as DAX index. DAX index was introduced in 1987 to replace Borsen-Zeitung index and frankfurter allgemeine zeitung index. 65438+July 1 0988, the official transaction started, and the benchmark was 1000 points. The index is calculated by the "overall return method", that is, considering the company's share price and expected dividend return.
3. The French CAC40 stock index consists of 40 French stocks. Prepared by PSE Stock Exchange according to the share prices of its top 40 listed companies, with a base period of 1987. The index was released on June 5th 1988, which reflected the price fluctuation of the French stock market.
The newer CAC-General index consists of 65,438+000 French stocks, which is more widely used, but CAC-40 index is still regarded as the benchmark index. Both indices are weighted by market value. CAC-40 is the target of index options and futures of MATIF and MONEP.
New york's three major stock indexes:
1. Dow Jones index
It is an arithmetic average stock price index.
Dow Jones index is the oldest stock index in the world, and its full name is average stock price index. Generally speaking, the Dow Jones index may refer to the first of the four groups of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
The Dow Jones index was first compiled by charles dow, the founder of Dow Jones Company, in 1884.
It is the most influential and widely used stock index in the world. It is based on some representative company stocks listed on the new york Stock Exchange, and consists of four stock price average indexes, namely:
(1) Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is compiled for the stocks of 30 famous industrial companies;
(2) Dow Jones Transportation Stock Average Index, which is based on the stocks of 20 famous transportation companies;
(3) Dow Jones public utility stock price average index based on the stocks of six famous public utility companies;
(4) Dow Jones stock average price index, which is based on the stocks of 56 companies involved in the above three stock average price indexes.
2. Standard & Poor's 500 Index
The English abbreviation is s&; P 500 index is a stock index that records 500 listed companies in the United States. The stock index is created and maintained by Standard & Poor's Company.
All companies covered by the Standard & Poor's 500 Index are listed companies traded on major American exchanges, such as new york Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. Compared with the Dow Jones index, the S&P 500 index contains more companies, so the risk is more dispersed, and it can reflect broader market changes.
Standard & Poor's 500 Index was compiled by Standard & Poor's Company in 1957. The initial constituent stocks include 425 industrial stocks, 15 railway stocks and 60 public utility stocks. From 1 June 65438+July1,its constituent stocks were changed to 400 industrial stocks, 20 transportation stocks, 40 public utilities stocks and 40 financial stocks. It takes 194 1 year to 1942 as the base period, and the index of the base period is set to 10, which is calculated by the weighted average method, with the listed amount of the stock as the weight, and the weighted calculation is carried out according to the base period. Compared with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index has the characteristics of wide sampling area, strong representativeness, high accuracy and good continuity, and is generally regarded as the ideal target of stock index futures contracts.
3. Nasdaq index
NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotas) is the English abbreviation of the name of the automated quotation system created by the National Association of Securities Dealers in the United States in 1968. Nasdaq is characterized by collecting and publishing quotations from securities companies that trade unlisted shares over the counter. It has now become the largest stock exchange market in the world. At present, there are more than 5,200 listed companies. Nasdaq is the first stock market in the world to adopt electronic trading, with more than 260,000 computer sales terminals in 55 countries and regions.
Nasdaq index is an average stock price index reflecting the changes of Nasdaq stock market, and its basic index is 100. Nasdaq's listed companies cover all new technology industries, including software and computers, telecommunications, biotechnology, retail and wholesale trade.
197 1 February 8, 2008, there was a revolutionary innovation in stock trading. On that day, a system called Nasdaq (Nasdaq National Bond Dealer Automatic Quotation) provided real-time quotations for 2,400 high-quality OTC stocks. In the past, these stock quotes that were not listed on the main board were all provided with detailed lists by major dealers and brokers. Now, Nasdaq connects the terminals of more than 500 market makers in China, forming the center of the computer system.