Euro Stoxx 50 Index
Whereas the DAX and the CAC indices represent the German and French markets respectively, the EuroStoxx also includes companies outside those markets such as Aegon (Netherlands), Arcelor Mittal (Luxembourg), BBVA (Spain) and Nokia (Finland).
Like the S&P 500, the index is based on free float market capitalization (i.e. total value of shares listed rather than the total size of the company), and is reviewed every September.
Basically, the price of large Eurozone listed companies. However, most of the companies in the index are either French or German, hence volatility in those markets will also hit the EuroStoxx. Because there are 50 companies in the index, the price of one company is less likely to affect it. But serious price action across European exchanges will move this index.
The index was founded in 1998, hence we have had some opportunity to see how it is affected during times of crisis. Since 2008 the volatility of the EuroStoxx 50 has tended to pick up when the Eurozone itself has been in difficulty. It has been a convenient way of expressing sentiment on the whole European project.
The EuroStoxx 50 is widely available as the underlying market for futures and options, both exchange-traded and OTC. It is also quoted by Contracts for Difference and financial spread betting companies and is readily replicated by Exchange Traded Fund providers. Variants of the EuroStoxx 50 are also available – e.g. with specific sectors removed and replaced, or extended to all European bourses using the similar stock selection criteria.
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