An index which is designed to measure price changes of an overall market, such...
A statistical composite of representative stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Standard & Poor's 500, and the Nasdaq Composite are the three most widely quoted.
Measures the current price behavior of a sample of stocks in relation to a base period established for a previous time. (See Index).
Market measure that consists of weighted values of the components that make up certain list of companies. A stock market tracks the performance of certain stocks by weighting them according to their prices and the number of outstanding shares by a particular formula.
a list or index of specific stocks or bonds that share certain common features
a method of measuring or tracking the price movements of a particular group of financial securities
a series of pure numbers (typically ratios of underlying sterling values) and is used for making comparisons between different index numbers and for following (and/or predicting) the fortunes of particular sample groups
a tool that tracks the performance of a group of companies representing a sample of a market
A market index measures changes in the value of a specific group of stocks, bonds, or other investments that it tracks from a specific starting point, which may be as recent as the previous day or some date in the past. An index may be broad, encompassing a large number of stocks or bonds, or quite narrow, including only a limited number.
A composite of stocks reflecting the market such as Toronto Stock Exchange 300 Composite Index (TSE 300) or the Dow Jones.
An index such as the FTSE-All Share has a base of 100, or more usually 1000, at a fixed moment in time. For the FTSE, this is January 3rd, 1984. Firms are sometimes given weightings in the index according to their market capitalisation. The index gives the percentage rise or fall in value of the market over the relevant timescale.
a measurement of the performance of a specific "basket" of stocks considered to represent a particular market or sector of the U.S. stock market or the economy. For example, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is an index of 30 "blue chip" U.S. stocks of industrial companies (excluding transportation and utility companies).
the current price behavior of a group of stocks that are representative of part of all the stock market in relation to a previous time period known as the base period. Index numbers are relative numbers rather than averages. Standard & Poor's 500 is one example of a market index.
A vehicle used to denote trends in securities markets. The most popular in Canada is the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 Composite Index (TSE 300).
A vehicle used to denote trends in securities markets, e.g. Standard & Poor's 500 Index