Indices Terms

The DAX index (Deutscher Aktienindex) is the main benchmark for Germany's equity market.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a stock index that tracks 30 major US-listed companies.

The Euro Stoxx 50 is a eurozone blue-chip stock index, tracking 50 large companies based in eurozone countries and weighted by free-float market capitalisation.

FTSE (Financial Times Stock Exchange) is a family of indices run by FTSE Russell that track different groups of shares by market, sector, size, or theme.

The FTSE 100 (Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index) is the benchmark index for the UK equity market.

The Hang Seng Index is Hong Kong's benchmark stock index, tracking a selection of major companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and weighted by free-float market capitalisation.

An index is a benchmark that measures the price performance of a selected group of stocks.

An index CFD is a contract for difference that tracks the level of a stock index, letting you take exposure to a whole index without owning any of the constituent shares.

A market-cap-weighted index is a stock index in which each company's weight is set by its market value, or market capitalisation, calculated as share price multiplied by shares outstanding.

NASDAQ refers to the Nasdaq Stock Market, a major electronic US stock exchange known for listing technology, growth, and innovation companies.

The NASDAQ-100 is a US stock index tracking the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange, weighted by a modified market-capitalisation method.

The Nikkei 225 index is Japan's leading stock-market benchmark.

A price-weighted index is a stock index in which each company's influence is set by its share price, so higher-priced shares move the index more regardless of how large the underlying companies are.

The S&P 500 is the headline US stock index, tracking around 500 of the largest companies listed on US exchanges and weighted by free-float market capitalisation.

The S&P/ASX 200 is Australia's headline stock index, tracking the top 200 companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and weighted by float-adjusted market capitalisation.

The VIX is the Cboe Volatility Index, a measure of the expected 30-day volatility of the S&P 500 implied by the prices of its options.