Opening of the RTSI of Russia on February 14

Day without change for the RTSI (Russia)which opens on Tuesday 14 February with a variation of 0.49%until the 961.16 points, after the start of the opening session. If we compare the value with the previous days, the RTSI (Russia) sum six consecutive dates falling.

Regarding the last seven days, the RTSI (Russia) mark a decline 4.3%so, for a year, there is still a decrease in the 32.06%. He RTSI (Russia) is located at 6.18% below its maximum this year (1,024.44 points) and a 2.16% above its minimum valuation for the current year (940.85 points).

What is a stock index and what is it used for?

a stock market index It is an indicator that shows how the price of a set of assets is changing.for which it uses data from different companies or sectors of a market fragment.

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 belonging to the same type of industry, furthermore, some indices 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 an entity. If investors lack confidence, stock prices will tend to fall.

They are also working to measure the performance of an asset manager and they 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 see carefully how company stocks tended to rise or fall together in price, he therefore created two indices: one that contained the 20 largest railroad companies (since that was the largest industry at the time), as well as 12 shares of other types of companies

Today there are various indices and they can be grouped according to their location, their sectors, the size of the company or the type of assetFor 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).

How is it calculated and how to read them?

Each stock index has its own way of being measured, but the main component 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 analyzing its variations over time. New indices always start with a fixed value based on security prices on their start date, but not everyone follows this method. So it can be confusing.

If one index increases by 500 points in one day, while another adds only 20, it may seem that the first has outperformed. But, if the first started the day at 30,000 points, and the other at 300, we can conclude that in percentage terms, the gains of the second were higher.

These are 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, the Nasdaq 100that connects 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. Him too 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 Asiawe have the Nikki 225, made up of the 225 largest companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Also SSE composite index, which is listed as the most notable in China, consisting of the most important companies on 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 are part of the estate 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.

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.