optimistic day for MOEX Russia Indexwhich ended the session on Monday, December 23 with great increases in 2.45%until the 2,703.15 points. He MOEX Russia Index noted a maximum volume of 2,738.34 points and a minimum volume of 2,658.84 points. The trading range for the MOEX Russia Index between its highest and lowest point (maximum-minimum) during this day it stood at the 2.9%.
Taking into account the last week, the MOEX Russia Index accumulates a promotion of 11.69%; Despite this, in the last year it still maintains a decrease in 14.42%. He MOEX Russia Index is located a 22.81% below its maximum of this year (3,501.89 points) and a 13.71% above its minimum rating so far this year (2,377.15 points).
A stock index It is an indicator that shows how the price of a set of assets evolvesfor which it collects data from several companies or sectors in a part of the market.
These indicators are mainly used by the stock exchanges of various nations and each of them can be integrated by firms with specific requirements such as having a similar market capitalization or belonging to the same type of business, in addition, there are some indices that only consider a handful of shares to determine their value or others that consider hundreds of shares.
Stock market indices serve as indicator of stock market confidence, business confidence, health of the national and global economy, and stock investment performance and shares of an entity. Generally, if investors do not have confidence, stock prices would tend to fall.
Likewise, they function to measure the performance of an asset manager and allow investors to make comparisons between profitability and risk; measure the opportunities of a financial asset or create portfolios.
This type of indicators began to be used at the end of the 19th century after the journalist Charles H. Dow. carefully investigated how company shares tended to rise or fall in price together, so he created two indices: one that contained the 20 most important railway companies (as it was the most important industry at the time), as well as 12 shares of other types of businesses
Today in our economy there are various indices and They can be agglomerated depending on their location, sectors, the size of the companies or also the type of asset.For example, the US Nasdaq index is made up of the 100 largest companies mostly 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 calculatingbut the main factor is the market capitalization of each company that comprises it. This is obtained by multiplying the day’s value of the share in the corresponding stock market by the total shares that are in the hands of investors.
Firms listed on the stock exchange are required to present a balance of its composition. Said report must be made public every three or six months, as appropriate.
Reading a stock index also implies taking into account its changes over time. New indices always start with a fixed value based on security prices on your start date, but not everyone follows this method. Therefore, it can be misleading.
If one index sees an increase of 500 points in one day, while another only adds 20, it might appear that the first one performed better. But, if the first started the day at 30,000 points and the other at 300, it can be deduced that, in percentage terms, the gains for the second were considerable.
Among the main stock indices in the American Union There is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, better known as Dow Jonesmade up of 30 companies. Likewise, the S&P 500which includes 500 of the largest companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Finally comes the Nasdaq 100which unites 100 of the largest non-financial firms.
On the other hand, the most important indices of Europe are the Eurostoxx 50which covers the 50 most important companies in the eurozone. On the other hand, the DAX 30the main German index that contains the most prominent companies on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange; the FTSE 100 from the London Stock Exchange; he CAC 40 from the Paris Stock Exchange; and the IBEX 35from the Spanish stock market.
In the asian continentwe have the Nikkei 225made up of the 225 largest companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Likewise, the SSE Composite Indexwhich appears as the most solid in China, made up of the most relevant companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The same role played by Hang Seung Index in Hong Kong and KOSPI in South Korea.
With regards to Latin Americayou have the CPIwhich contains the 35 most influential firms on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). At least a third of them are owned by tycoon Carlos Slim.
Another is the Bovespamade up of the 50 most important companies on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange; he Merval from Argentina; he IPSA from Chile; he MSCI COLCAP from Colombia; he IBC of Caracas, made up of 6 companies from Venezuela.
Likewise, there are other types of global stock indices such as the MSCI Latin Americawhich includes the 137 most important companies in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
Likewise, there is the MSCI Worldwhich includes 1,600 companies from 23 developed countries; he MSCI Emerging Marketsmade up of more than 800 companies from developing countries; and the S&P Global 100made up of the 100 most powerful multinational firms on the entire planet.
