“Taiwan Weight” closed in negative territory on August 18th

bad day for Weighted TaiwanWhich closed the session on Friday, August 18th down at 0.82%until the 16381.31 points. he Weighted Taiwan record max 16,583.95 points and no less than 16344.29 points. Trading range for Weighted Taiwan Between the highest and lowest point (minimum) during this day was at 1.45%.

Regarding the past seven days, the Weighted Taiwan accumulated decrease 1.32%; On the contrary, it has been accumulated for a year in excess 10.86%. he Weighted Taiwan a 5.5% Less than this year’s maximum (17334.98 points) and prof 15.37% higher than the lowest price for the current year (14,199.13 points).

stock index It is an indicator that shows how the value of a particular group of assets changesso it takes data from different companies or sectors in a segment of the market.

These indicators are mainly used by the stock markets of different countries and Each can be incorporated by companies with specific requirements Such as having a similar market capitalization or belonging to the same industry, in addition to that, there are some indicators that take into account only a handful of stocks to determine their value or others that take hundreds of stocks.

Stock indices are Index of confidence in the stock exchange, business confidence, the health of the national and global economy, and the performance of stock investments and entity shares. In general, if investors are not confident, stock prices will tend to fall.

They also work to measure Asset manager performance allowing investors to compare profitability and risk; Measure opportunities for financial assets or create portfolios.

These types of indicators began to be used at the end of the nineteenth century after Journalist Charles H. Dow. He carefully noted how companies’ stock prices tended to rise or fall together, so he created two indices: one containing the 20 most important railroad companies (as it was the most important industry at the time), plus 12 stocks. of other types of business

Today there are different indicators and They can correlate based on geography, sectors, company size, or also type of assetsFor example, the US Nasdaq index is made up of the top 100 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), and Adobe (ADBE).

Each stock indicator has its own way of measuring, but the key component is the market capitalization of each company you incorporate. This is obtained by multiplying the daily value of a share in the corresponding stock market by the total number of shares traded in the market.

Required by companies listed on the stock market Provide balance from its composition. The said report is published every three or six months, as the case may be.

Reading a stock index also means noticing its differences over time. New indices always start with a fixed value based on the stock prices on the start date, but not everyone follows this method. Therefore, it can lead to inaccuracies.

If one indicator adds 500 points in a day, while another only adds 20 points, it may appear that the former has outperformed. However, if the first started the day at 30,000 points and the other at 300, it can be concluded that the gains of the latter were greater, in percentage terms.

between the The major stock indexes of the American Federation It is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, commonly known as the Dow Jones, which consists of 30 companies. Similarly, the Standard & Poor’s 500, which includes 500 of the largest companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Finally, the Nasdaq 100which unites 100 of the largest non-financial companies.

On the other hand, the most prominent indicators Europe she Eurostox 50Which covers the 50 largest companies in the Eurozone. On the other hand, the Dax 30, the main German index that contains the most prominent companies on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. the FTSE 100 index from the London Stock Exchange; he ACC 40 from the Paris Stock Exchange; and the IBEX 35from the Spanish stock market.

in Asiawe have the Nikki 225It is made up of the 225 largest companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. There is, too SSE Composite Index, is considered the most prominent in China, and consists of the most prominent companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Likewise, it should be noted Hang Seong Index in Hong Kong and Cosby in South Korea.

we talk about Latin America regionYou have CPIwhich contains a file Top 35 companies on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). At least a third of it is owned by businessman Carlos Slim.

post 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 Colcap from Colombia; he IBC de Caracas, consisting of 6 companies from Venezuela.

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

Likewise there MSCI World, which includes 1,600 companies from 23 developed countries; he MSCI Emerging Markets, consisting of more than 800 companies from developing countries; and the S&P Global 100consisting of the 100 most powerful multinational corporations on the entire planet.