Opening of the main index of the Russian market this March 15

Start of the day without change for the MOEX Russia Indexwhich begins on Wednesday March 15 with a variation of the 0.03%until the 2,291.04 dots, after the start of the opening session. In relation to the variations of this day compared to past days, the MOEX Russia Index strings two dates followed by positive numbers.

Last week the MOEX Russia Index records a decrease of 0.2%so that a year ago it still maintains a decrease in 37.17%. He MOEX Russia Index is located at 0.2% below its maximum this year (2,295.60 points) and a 6.36% above its minimum valuation for the current year (2,153.96 points).

a stock market index is an indicator that shows how the price of a certain set of assets is movingit therefore takes data from several companies or sectors of a part of the market.

These indicators are mainly used by stock exchanges in various countries and each of them can be integrated by firms 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 a company. Generally, if investors are not confident, 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 study how company stocks tended to rise or fall together, he created two indices: one that contained the 20 largest railway companies (as it was the largest industry at the time) , as well as 12 shares of other types of companies

Currently, in our economy, there are various indices and They can group together based on geography, industries, company size, or even asset classFor 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 daily 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 disclosed every three or six months, as the case may be.

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

If one index gains 500 points in one day, while another adds only 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 percentage terms, the gains of the second were greater.

Between the main stock indices of the American Union is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, better known as the Dow Jones, made up of 30 companies. Also 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. Also DAX 30, the main German index containing the most important companies of 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 continentthe main stock market indices are the Nikki 225, made up of the 225 largest companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Additionally, there is the SSE composite index, which appears as the main in China, composed of the most relevant companies of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The same role played by the Hang Seung Index in Hong Kong and the KOSPI in South Korea.

As it concerns the Latin American regionyou have the IPCwhich contains the 35 most consolidated 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.