Nifty 50: the Indian stock market closed lower on February 20

Unfavorable day for him Crafty 50which closed on Monday, February 20 with declines of 0.56%until the 17,844.60 points. He Crafty 50 scored a maximum of 18,004.35 points and a minimum volume of 17,818.40 points. The trading range for the Crafty 50 between its highest point and its lowest point (maximum-minimum) during this day, it was at the 1.03%.

Considering the last seven days, the Crafty 50 shows an increase of 0.41%so that in the past year it still maintains a rise of 2.84%. He Crafty 50 is located at 2.13% below its maximum this year (18,232.55 points) and a 1.36% above its floor price for the current year (17,604.35 points).

Stock market indices… What for?

a stock market index is an indicator that shows how the price of a set of assets is changingfor which it takes data from different companies or sectors of 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 type of industry, there are also 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 are not confident, stock prices 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 (as it was the most important industry in the era), as well as 12 shares of other types of companies

There are currently various indices and they can group together based on geography, industries, company size, or even asset classFor example, the American Nasdaq index is made up of the 100 largest companies mainly related to technology such as Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB), Alphabet (GOOG), Tesla (TSLA ), Nvidia (NVDA), PayPal (PYPL), Comcast (CMCSA), Adobe (ADBE).

How is it calculated and how to read them?

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 daily value of the bond on the corresponding stock market by the total number of shares that are on the market.

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

Reading a stock market index also requires taking care of its evolution over time. Current indices always start with a fixed value based on security prices on their start date, but not everyone follows this method. It can therefore be a source of misunderstanding.

If one index increases by 500 points in one day, while another adds only 20, it may seem that the former has performed better. But, if the first started the day at 30,000 points and the other at 300, you can see that in percentage terms the gains for the second were considerable.

The main stock market indices

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, we must mention 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 most outstanding 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. There is also the SSE composite index, which is listed as the largest in China, consisting of the most important 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 Powerful Companies on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). At least a third of them belong to 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.

Similarly, 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.