The Taiwan-weighted index closed lower on January 2

A negative day for him Taiwan weightedwhich ended on Tuesday, January 2, with declines 0.43%even the 17853.76 points. he Taiwan weighted record max 17956.74 points The minimum number 17784.97 points. Trading range for Taiwan weighted Between the highest and lowest points (maximum and minimum) during this day I stood at 0.96%.

Regarding the profitability of the past seven days,… Taiwan weighted represents a rise 1.41%so that it still maintains the increase on an annual basis 21.13%.

Stock index It is an indicator that shows how the value of a specific group of assets has changedSo it takes data from several companies or sectors for a portion 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 value 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 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 noticed carefully how the stock prices of companies tended to rise or fall 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

Currently there are different indicators and They can be linked based on their location, 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 the bond on the corresponding stock market by the total shares in the hands of investors.

Companies listed on the stock exchange are obligated to do so Provide balance Of its composition. The said report must appear every three or six months, as the case may be.

Reading a stock index also includes analyzing its changes 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 saw an increase of 500 points in one day, while another index added only 20 points, it may appear that the first index performed better. However, if the first started the day at 30,000 points and the other at 300, it can be concluded that in percentage terms, the gains of the second were more significant.

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, there it appears Nasdaq 100which unites 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 AsiaThe main stock indices are Nikki 225, consisting of the 225 largest companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. And there too SSE Composite IndexWhich appears as the main company in China, and is one of the most prominent 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 America regionYou have Consumer price indexwhich contains The 35 most consolidated companies on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). At least a third of them are part of the ownership of 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.

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.