Opening of the main index of the Vienna Stock Exchange this August 25

Opening of the day without changes for the ATXwhich opens the session on Friday, August 25 with a variation of the 0.03%until the 3,095.06 points, after the start of the opening session. Regarding the changes of this day with respect to previous dates, the ATX it puts a stop to two days in a row with a trend.

In the last seven days, the ATX accumulated a decrease of 0.71%; but in year-on-year terms it still maintains a rise in 6.77%. He ATX a 12.99% below its maximum so far this year (3,557.01 points) and a 2.33% above its minimum price for the current year (3,024.58 points).

a stock index is an indicator that shows how the value of a certain set of assets changesfor which it takes data from various companies or sectors of a part of the market.

These indicators are used mainly by the stock markets of the countries and each of them can be integrated by firms with specific characteristics such as having a similar market capitalization or belonging to the same type of business, likewise, there are some indices that only take into account a handful of shares to determine their value or others that consider hundreds of shares.

Stock indices serve as indicator of confidence in the stock market, business confidence, the health of the national and global economy and the performance of investments in shares and company shares. Generally, if investors are not confident, stock costs tend to fall.

They also work to measure the performance of an asset manager and allow investors to make a comparison between profitability and risk; measure the opportunities of a financial asset or create portfolios.

These types of indicators began to be used at the end of the 19th century after the journalist Charles H. Dow. To carefully investigate how the shares of companies tended to rise or fall together in price, he created two indices: one that contained the 20 largest railway companies (as it was the most important industry at the time), as well as 12 shares of other types of businesses

Currently in our economy there are various indices and They can agglomerate based on their location, sectors, company size or even the type of assetFor 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 being measured, but the main component is the market capitalization of each company that integrates it. This is obtained by multiplying the value of the security on the corresponding stock market by the total number of shares that are on the market.

Publicly traded companies are required to present a balance of its composition. Said report must be published every three or six months, as appropriate.

Reading a stock index also involves examining its changes over time. New indices always appear with a fixed value based on stock prices on their start date, but not everyone follows this method. Therefore, it can appear misleading.

If one index grows 500 points in one day, while another only adds 20, it might appear that the former outperformed. However, 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 more important.

Between the major US stock indices is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, better known as Dow Jones, made up of 30 companies. Likewise, the S&P 500, which includes 500 of the largest companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Finally, one must not forget the Nasdaq 100which unites 100 of the largest non-financial firms.

On the other hand, the most important indices of Europe are the eurostoxx 50, which covers the 50 largest companies in the euro area. Also, the DAX 30, the main German index containing the most prominent companies on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange; the FTSE 100 from the London Stock Exchange; he ACC 40 from the Paris Stock Exchange; and the IBEX 35from the Spanish stock market.

In the asian continentthe main stock indices are the nikkei 225, made up of the 225 largest companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. There is also the SSE Composite Index, which is listed as the most solid in China, made up of the most relevant companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The same role played by the Hang Seung Index in Hong Kong and the KOSPI in South Korea.

Talking about Latin Americayou have the CPIwhich contains the 35 most powerful firms on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). At least a third of them are owned by tycoon Carlos Slim.

Another is the Bovespa, made 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 de Caracas, made up of 6 companies from Venezuela.

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

Similarly, there is MSCI World, which includes 1,600 companies from 23 developed countries; he MSCI Emerging Markets, made 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.