Nifty 50 opens: Indian market opens higher this March 17

Positive opening of the day Nifty 50It starts with an increase on Friday March 17 0.62%Until then 17,091.05 points, after the initial session begins. Comparing this data with past dates, the Nifty 50 Accumulates two consecutive days in the ascendant.

Last week, the Nifty 50 records a decrease 1.85%; But it has still maintained a rise over the past year 1.3%. He Nifty 50 A 6.26% Highest so far this year (18,232.55 points) and A 0.7% Above its lowest estimate for the current year (16,972.15 points).

A stock index It is an indicator used to track the evolution of the value of a particular asset.It uses data from different companies or sectors of a part of the market.

These indicators are mainly used by stock markets of various countries Each of them can be combined with a signature with specific characteristics There are some indices, such as those of similar market capitalization or belonging to the same industry, that take into account only a few stocks to determine their value, or others that consider hundreds of stocks.

Stock indices serve An indicator of confidence in the stock market, business confidence, the health of the national and global economy, and the performance of equity investments and shares of the company. Generally, if investors lack confidence, stock prices fall.

They also work to scale Performance of an asset manager And they allow investors to make trade-offs between return and risk; Measuring financial asset prospects or building portfolios.

These types of indicators began to be used at the end of the 19th century Journalist Charles H. Dow. To carefully analyze how companies’ stocks rose or fell together, he created two indexes: one consisting of the 20 largest railway companies (the most important industry at the time), as well as 12 stocks. Types of business

There are many different symbols in humanity today They can be grouped by geography, sectors, company size or asset typeFor example, the US Nasdaq index is composed of 100 major technology-related companies such as Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB), Alphabet (GOOG), and Tesla (TSLA). , Nvidia (NVDA), PayPal (PYPL), Comcast (CMCSA), Adobe (ADPE).

Each stock index has its own way of measuring, but the key component is the market capitalization that unites each firm. It is obtained by multiplying the day’s value of the bond in the stock market relative to the total number of shares held by investors.

Companies listed on stock exchange are mandatory Present the balance Its composition. The report should be declared every three or six months.

To read a stock index, you need to look at its changes over time. New codes are always unlocked at a fixed value based on security prices on their start date, but not everyone follows this pattern. Therefore, it may be a source of misunderstanding.

If one index gains 500 points in a single day and another gains 20 points, the former may appear to have outperformed. However, if the former starts at 30,000 points and the other at 300 points, you can see that in percentage terms, the profits for the latter are higher.

between Major US stock indices The Dow Jones Industrial Average, better known as Dow Jones, made up of 30 companies. Also, the S&P 500, which includes the 500 largest companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Finally, one must not forget Nasdaq 100It covers 100 largest non-financial corporations.

On the other hand, very important codes Europe is Eurostax 50, which includes the 50 largest companies in the euro area. Also, the DAX 30, the main German index containing the most important companies on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange; The FTSE 100 From the London Stock Exchange; He ACC 40 From the Paris Stock Exchange; And this IBEX 35From the Spanish Stock Exchange.

In Asian continentMajor stock indices Nikki 225The Tokyo Stock Exchange consists of 225 major companies. There is more SSE Composite Index, which appears to be China’s forerunner, is made up of highly relevant companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Same role played Hang Cheung Index in Hong Kong and Cosby In South Korea.

talking about Latin AmericaYou have CBIIt contains 35 Most Valuable Companies on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). At least a third of them are from boss Carlos Slim’s capital.

The other is Bovespa, made up of the 50 most important companies on the São Paulo Stock Exchange; He Marvel From Argentina; He IPSA From Chile; He MSCI COLCAP From Colombia; He IPC De Caracas is made up of 6 companies from Venezuela.

Similarly, there are other categories such as global stock market indices MSCI Latin AmericaIncludes 137 of the 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 this S&P Global 100Made up of the 100 most powerful multinational corporations on the entire planet.