The main index of the Mexican market begins its day on May 17 with an increase of 0.52%.

A good start to the Mexican S&P/BMV IPC session, which begins the session on Friday, May 17 with increments of 0.52%even the 57758.66 points, after the opening. Compared to previous days, Mexico’s S&P/BMV IPC reflects the data of the previous session when it saw a decline of 0.01%, showing in recent days the instability in the results.

Last week, Mexico’s S&P/BMV IPC index rose… 0.05%which is why there is still an increase in the number of people from a year ago 6.48%. Mexico’s S&P/BMV IPC is one 1.62% Below the maximum so far this year (58711.87 points) and 5.58% Higher than its minimum price for the current year (54,707.89 points).

Stock index It is an indicator that shows how the value of a group of assets is evolving.so you need data from several 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 do not have confidence, stock prices tend to fall.

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 carefully investigated how company stocks 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

Nowadays there are many indicators and They can be grouped depending on their geography, sectors, company size or even 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 calculation methodBut 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.

Required by companies listed on the stock exchange Provide balance Of its composition. The said report must be disclosed every three or six months, as appropriate.

Reading a stock index also requires observing its changes over time. Current indicators always open at a fixed value based on stock prices On the start date, but not everyone follows this method. Therefore, it can lead to failure.

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 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 stock indices in the US Federation 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 comes 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. he is too DAX 30It is 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 CAC 40 From the Paris Stock Exchange; And the Ibex 35from the Spanish stock market.

in Asian continentwe have the Nikki 225, consisting of the 225 largest companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. And there too SSE Composite Index, which appears as the main company in China, consists of the companies most connected to 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 are owned by businessman Carlos Slim.

Another is Bovespa, consisting of the 50 most important companies on the Sao 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.

Finally, 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.