The AEX index fell by 0.37% at the end of trading on June 19

A negative day for him ExWhich ended Wednesday, June 19, with a decline 0.37%even the 924.78 points. he Ex I reached my limit 929.28 points Minimum size 924.50 points. Trading range for Ex Between the highest and lowest points (maximum and minimum) during this day I stood at 0.51%.

And in the last seven days Ex A decrease is observed 0.75%%; On the other hand, last year still maintained an increase in 22.23%. he Ex A. is located 0.75% Below the maximum so far this year (931.79 points) and 19.88% Above the minimum rating for the current year (771.43 points).

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

These indicators are mainly used by each country’s stock exchanges Each of them can be combined by companies with certain characteristics Such as having a similar market value or belonging to the same industry. There are also some indicators that take into account only a handful of stocks to determine their value, or other indicators 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. If investors do not have confidence, stock values ​​tend to decline.

Likewise, they work to measure Asset manager performance Allow investors to compare 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

Nowadays there are many indicators and They can be grouped depending on their location, sectors, company size or even asset type.For 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 method of calculationBut the main component is the market capitalization of each company that comprises it. This is obtained by multiplying the daily value of the bond on the corresponding stock market by the total number of shares in the market.

Companies listed on the stock exchange are obligated to do so Provide balance Of its composition. This report must be reported every three or six months, as appropriate.

Reading a stock index also means observing its development over time. New indices always start 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 increases by 500 points in a day, while another adds only 20 points, it may appear that the first index performed better. But if the first started the day at 30 thousand points and the other at 300 points, it is possible to conclude that, in percentage terms, the gains of the second were more pronounced.

between the Major US stock indices There is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, commonly known as… Dow Jones, consisting of 30 companies. also, Standard & Poor’s 500Which includes 500 of the largest companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Finally, we must mention Nasdaq 100which includes 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. Furthermore it, 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 dominant company in China, consisting of the most relevant companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The same role you played 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.

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.