ATX starts the day in negative territory on May 29th

Down day for ATXwhich begins the session on Wednesday, May 29, with declines 0.51%even the 3,690.97 points, after the opening. Regarding the changes that occurred on this day compared to previous days, he said ATX Series of four consecutive sessions of negative numbers.

Regarding last week, ATX Decrease accumulates in 1.81%%; On the contrary, on an annual basis, it still maintains an increase in 20.54%. he ATX A. is located 2.24% Below the maximum so far this year (3775.49 points) and 10.94% Above the minimum rating for the current year (3,327.04 points).

Stock index It is an indicator that shows how the price of a group of assets has changedfor which data is collected from different companies or sectors in a part of the market.

These indicators are mainly used by stock exchanges in various countries Each of them can be combined by companies with specific characteristics Such as having a similar market capitalization or belonging to the same type of industry. In addition, there are some indicators that take into account only a handful of stocks to determine their value or others that take into account hundreds of stocks.

Stock market indices act as Stock market confidence index, business confidence, national and global economic health, and stock investment performance And company shares. In general, if investors lack confidence, stock prices tend to fall.

Likewise, they work to measure Asset manager performance Allow investors to make comparisons between profitability and risk; Measure financial asset opportunities or create portfolios.

This type of indicator began to be used at the end of the nineteenth century Journalist Charles H. Dao. He looked closely at how stocks of companies tended to rise or fall in price together, so he created two indexes: one containing the 20 most important railroad companies (because they were the most important industry at the time), plus 12 stocks from other railroad companies. Business types

Today in our economy there are various indicators and They can join together based on their geographical location, sectors, company size or also asset type.For example, the US Nasdaq index consists of the top 100 companies mostly related to technology such as Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB), Alphabet (GOOG), and Tesla (TSLA). , Nvidia (NVDA), PayPal (PYPL), Comcast (CMCSA), Adobe (ADBE).

Each stock index has its own way of measuringBut the main factor is the market capitalization of each company that comprises it. This is obtained by multiplying the daily value of a stock in the corresponding stock market by the total number of shares traded in the market.

Listed companies are obligated to do so Provide balance Of its composition. The aforementioned report must be disclosed every three or six months, as the case may be.

Reading a stock index also means taking into account changes over time. New indices always appear with a fixed value based on security prices On the start date, but not everyone follows this method. Therefore, it can lead to inaccuracy.

If one index saw an increase of 500 points in one day, while another added only 20 points, it may appear that the first index performed better. However, if the former started the day at 30,000 points and the latter at 300, we can conclude, in percentage terms, that the gains of the latter were more significant.

between the Major stock indices in the US Federation There is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, commonly known as… Dow Jones, consisting of 30 companies. Likewise, the Standard & Poor’s 500Which includes 500 of the largest companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Finally, there it appears Nasdaq 100which brings together 100 of the largest non-financial companies.

On the other hand, the most important indicators Europe she Eurostock 50, which covers the 50 most important companies in the euro area. On the other hand, the DAX 30It is the main German index that contains the strongest companies on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. the FTSE 100 index From the London Stock Exchange; he CAC 40 From the Paris Stock Exchange; And the Ibex 35from the Spanish stock market.

in Asian continentThe main stock indices are Nikki 225, consisting of the 225 largest companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. And there too SSE Composite IndexIt is considered the strongest in China, and consists of the most prominent companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The same role he played Hang Seong Index In Hong Kong and Cosby In South Korea.

We’re talking about Latin America regionYou have Consumer price indexwhich contains 35 reputed companies on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). At least a third of them belong to the capital of tycoon Carlos Slim.

Another is Bovespa, consisting of the 50 most important companies on the São Paulo Stock Exchange; he Merval From Argentina; he Ibsa From Chile; he MSCI COOLCAP From Colombia; he cry Caracas, consisting of 6 companies from Venezuela.

Likewise, there are other types of global stock indices such as MSCI Latin AmericaWhich includes the most important 137 companies in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

Likewise, there MSCI WorldWhich includes 1,600 companies from 23 developed countries; he MSCI Emerging MarketsIt consists of more than 800 companies from developing countries; And the Standard & Poor’s Global 100consisting of the 100 most powerful multinational companies on the entire planet.