Stock market indices are a trusted weather-wane to identify changes in the financial markets. The indices serve as performance indicators, showing how the market either overall or in a particular market segment is performing. Equities from similar companies or those that meet a set of criteria are selected to create a stock market index. These shares are already traded and listed on the exchanges. A variety of factors, such as market capitalization, industry, and segment can be used to construct share market indices. Every stock market index monitors the performance and price changes of the individual stocks that make up the index.
The stock market is about much more than just trading or investing in stocks, known as Equity. In fact, the global market lives and breathes Derivatives (alternatively known as Futures & Options). Global indices include stocks from many nations, business sectors, and industries and are essential components of the global financial scenario. A quick glance at global indices lets the savvy trader/investor know which countries' bourses, an indicator of the host economy, are doing well.
The stock market is about much more than just trading or investing in stocks, known as Equity. In fact, the global market lives and breathes Derivatives (alternatively known as Futures & Options). Global indices include stocks from many nations, business sectors, and industries and are essential components of the global financial scenario. A quick glance at global indices lets the savvy trader/investor know which countries' bourses, an indicator of the host economy, are doing well.
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| Index | LTP | PREV CL | CHG(%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSI Composite Index | 3336.5 | 3087.53 | 248.97(8.06) |
| SSE 180 Index | 8753.45 | 8135.58 | 617.87(7.59) |
| Hong Kong (Hang Seng) | 22736.87 | 22113.51 | 623.36(2.82) |
| IPC, Mexico | 52624.05 | 51674.54 | 949.51(1.84) |
| Nasdaq Composite, America | 18134.92 | 17918.48 | 216.44(1.21) |
| Nasdaq 100, USA | 20031.01 | 19793.34 | 237.67(1.2) |
| S&P 100 Index (Chicago Futures) | 2764.98 | 2740.05 | 24.93(0.91) |
| S&P 500 Index, America | 5749.05 | 5699.94 | 49.11(0.86) |
| Paris (CAC 40) | 7541.36 | 7477.78 | 63.58(0.85) |
| Dow Jones Ind. Avg, America | 42337.27 | 42011.59 | 325.68(0.78) |
| London (FTSE ACT 250) | 20900.08 | 20740.06 | 160.02(0.77) |
| Vienna ATX | 3609.24 | 3583.64 | 25.6(0.71) |
| MerVal Buenos Aires | 38390.84 | 38156.95 | 233.89(0.61) |
| Frankfurt (DAX 30) | 19120.93 | 19015.41 | 105.52(0.55) |
| Newzealand 50 Index | 12619.94 | 12572.66 | 47.28(0.38) |
| Madrid General, Spain | 1142.35 | 1138.57 | 3.78(0.33) |
| Straits Times Index | 3589.13 | 3577.43 | 11.7(0.33) |
| South Korea KOSPI | 2569.71 | 2561.69 | 8.02(0.31) |
| Japan Nikkei | 38635.62 | 38552.06 | 83.56(0.22) |
| IBovespa Sao Paulo, Brazil | 131894.86 | 131671.52 | 223.34(0.17) |
| Amsterdam AEX Index | 911.81 | 910.35 | 1.46(0.16) |
| Brussels Bel 20 | 4290.9 | 4285.32 | 5.58(0.13) |
| Colombo Ind All, Sri Lanka | 6318.21 | 6318.21 | 0(0) |
| Santiago Ind, Chile | 5058.88 | 5058.88 | 0(0) |
| Phillipines PHS Composite | 13.2 | 13.2 | 0(0) |
| Tel-AV TASE-100 Ind, East Israel | 1292.38 | 1296.58 | -4.2(0) |
| London (FTSE 100) | 8280.63 | 8282.52 | -1.89(-0.02) |
| Switzerland Market Index | 11997.09 | 12012.32 | -15.23(-0.13) |
| Taiwan Weighted | 22302.71 | 22390.39 | -87.68(-0.39) |
| Indonesia Composite | 7496.09 | 7543.83 | -47.74(-0.63) |
| Australia All-Ords | 8416.6 | 8474.3 | -57.7(-0.68) |
| Malaysia Composite | 1629.97 | 1641.55 | -11.58(-0.71) |
