Negative day for the Mexican S&P/BMV IPC index, which ended the day on Wednesday, March 15, with notable drops in the 1.15%until the 52,085.60 points. The Mexican S&P/BMV IPC index marked a maximum of 52,689.40 points and a minimum of 51,860.33 points. The trading range for the Mexican S&P/BMV IPC index between its highest and lowest point (maximum-minimum) during this day was located in the 1.57%.
In relation to the last week, the Mexican S&P/BMV IPC index registers a drop of 2.44%so that from a year ago it still maintains a decrease in 2.48%. The Mexican S&P/BMV IPC index stands a 5.58% below its maximum this year (55,164.01 points) and a 6.31% above its minimum rating for the current year (48,993.24 points).
a stock index It is an indicator that shows how the price of a set of assets changes.for which it collects data from different 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, there are also 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. If investors are not confident, stock values will tend to fall.
They also work to measure the performance of an asset manager and allow investors to make comparisons between return 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 humanity there are various indices and They can associate 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 largely technology-related companies 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 factor is the market capitalization of each company that integrates it. This is obtained by multiplying the value of the day of the bond in the corresponding stock market by the total number of shares that are in the hands of investors.
The companies that are in the bag are obliged to present a balance of its composition. Said report must be disclosed every three or six months, as the case may be.
Reading a stock index also requires taking into account its changes over time. New indices always start with a fixed value based on stock prices on their start date, but not everyone follows this method. Therefore, it can be misleading.
If one index grows 500 points in one day, while another only adds 20, it might appear that the former performed better. However, if the former started the day at 30,000 points and the other at 300, it can be seen that, in percentage terms, the gains for the latter were more remarkable.
Between the main stock indices in the American Union is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, better known as Dow Jones, made up of 30 companies. Likewise, the S&P 500, which comprises 500 of the largest companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Finally, the Nasdaq 100which links 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 Asiathe 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 representative of 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 the latin american regionyou have the CPIwhich contains the 35 most powerful firms on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). At least a third of them are part of the patrimony of 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.
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.
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.
