The main indicator of the BMV recorded an increase of 1.33% at the close of this March 1

Good session for the Mexican S&P/BMV IPC index, which closed the day on Wednesday March 1, with notable increases in the 1.33%until the 53,459.71 points. The Mexican S&P/BMV IPC index marked a maximum volume of 53,717.14 points and a minimum of 52,658.56 points. The trading range of the Mexican S&P/BMV IPC index between its highest point and its lowest point (maximum-minimum) during this day was in the 1.97%.

Compared to last week’s profitability, Mexico’s S&P/BMV IPC index is up 0.52%so that in the past year it still maintains a rise of 0.3%. The Mexican S&P/BMV IPC index is 3.09% below its maximum this year (55,164.01 points) and a 9.12% above its minimum score for the current year (48,993.24 points).

a stock market index is an indicator that shows how the value of a certain set of assets is changingfor which you need to have data from various companies or sectors in a part of the market.

These indicators are mainly used by the exchanges of each country and each of them can be integrated by signatures with specific characteristics like having a similar market capitalization or being in the same industry, likewise there are some indices that only consider a handful of stocks to determine their value or others that consider hundreds of stocks.

Stock indices serve as indicator of confidence in stock market, business confidence, health of national and global economy and stock investment performance and shares of the company. Generally, if investors lack confidence, stock prices will tend to fall.

They are also working to measure the performance of an asset manager and allow investors to compare 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 analyze how company stock prices tended to rise or fall together, he created two indexes: one that contained the 20 largest railway companies (because it was the largest industry in the era), as well as 12 shares of other types of companies

There are currently various indices and They can join a union depending on their geographical location, their sectors, the size of the company or the type of asset.For example, the U.S. Nasdaq index is made up of the 100 largest companies with broad technology connections 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 calculation method, but the main factor is the market capitalization of each company that incorporates it. This is obtained by multiplying the value of the share on the corresponding stock market by the total number of shares that are in the hands of the investors.

Listed companies are required to present a balance sheet of its composition. This report must be made public every three or six months, as the case may be.

Reading a stock market index also requires paying attention to its variations over time. Current indices always appear 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 gains 500 points in one day, while another only gains 20, it may seem that the former has performed better. However, if the first started the day at 30,000 points and the other at 300, we can deduce that in terms of percentage, the gains of the second were more remarkable.

Between the major US stock indices is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, better known as the Dow Jones, made up of 30 companies. Likewise, the S&P500, which includes 500 of the largest companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Finally, the Nasdaq 100which includes 100 of the largest non-financial companies.

On the other hand, the most important indices of Europe are the Euro Stoxx 50, which covers the 50 largest companies in the euro area. On the other hand, the DAX 30, the main German index containing the strongest companies on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange; there FTSE100 the London Stock Exchange; he CAC 40 of the Paris Stock Exchange; and the IBEX 35of the Spanish stock exchange.

In the asian continentwe have the Nikki 225, made up of the 225 largest companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Additionally, there is the SSE composite index, which can be considered the most representative of China, consisting of the most prominent companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Also, it is worth mentioning the Hang Seung Index in Hong Kong and the KOSPI in South Korea.

As it concerns Latin Americayou have the IPCwhich contains the 35 Most Outstanding Companies on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). At least a third of them belong to the capital of tycoon Carlos Slim.

Another is the Bovespa, composed of the 50 most important companies of the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange; he Merval from Argentina; he IPSA From Chile; he MSCI COLCAP Columbia; he IBC of Caracas, made up of 6 companies from Venezuela.

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

Likewise, there is MSCI World, which brings together 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 corporations on the entire planet.