Stock market activity: The stock market recorded a gain of 0.55% when the markets closed on June 18

A positive day for him Exwhich ended on Tuesday, June 18 with promotions 0.55%even the 928.19 points. he Ex The maximum volume has been reached 928.90 points And the minimum of 924.55 points. Trading range for Ex Between the highest and lowest points (maximum and minimum) during this day I stood at 0.47%.

Regarding the past seven days, Ex Record an increase in 0.75%%so that there is still an increase in value on an annual basis 22.26%. he Ex A. is located 0.39% Below this year’s maximum (931.79 points) and A 20.32% Higher than his minimum rating so far this year (771.43 points).

Stock index It is an indicator used to know the development of the price of a group of assets.For which data from different companies or sectors in a part of the market is used.

These indicators are mainly used by stock exchanges in various countries Each of them can be integrated by companies with specific requirements Such as having a similar market value or belonging to the same type of industry, there are also 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 the entity’s shares. If investors lack confidence, stock prices tend to fall.

Likewise, they work to measure Asset manager performance Allow investors to compare return 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 carefully analyzed how a company’s shares tended to rise or fall in price together, so he created two indices: one containing the 20 most important railroad companies (because they were the most important industry at the time), plus 12 stocks from other types of companies

Today in humanity there are various indicators and They can group based on their geography, sectors, company size, or even asset typeFor example, the US Nasdaq index consists of the 100 largest companies largely related to technology such as Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB), Alphabet (GOOG), 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 on the corresponding stock market by the total number of shares on the market.

Companies that appear on the stock market are obligated to do so Provide balance Of its composition. This report must be submitted every three or six months, as appropriate.

Reading a stock index also requires paying attention to its development over time. Current indices always start with a fixed value based on security prices On the start date, but not everyone follows this method. Therefore, it can be misleading.

If one index rises 500 points in one day, while another index adds only 20 points, it may appear that the first index performed better. But if one started the day at 30,000 pips and the other at 300 pips, you can see, in percentage terms, that the second day’s gains were 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 comes Nasdaq 100which unites 100 of the largest non-financial companies.

On the other hand, the most prominent 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 AsiaThe main stock indices are Nikki 225, consisting of the 225 largest companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. And there too SSE Composite Index, which can be considered the most solid in China, and consists of the most relevant companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Likewise, it is worth noting Hang Seong Index In Hong Kong and Cosby In South Korea.

We’re talking about latin americaYou 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 IPSA From Chile; he MSCI COOLCAP From Colombia; he cry Caracas, consisting of 6 companies from Venezuela.

There are also 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.