The Indian Nifty 50 market ended in negative territory on March 24

Parish Session for Nifty 50The session ended on Friday, March 24 0.77%Until then 16,945.05 points. He Nifty 50 He scored the maximum 17,109.45 points and the minimum number 16,917.35 points. Trading range for Nifty 50 It stood between its highest and lowest points (highest-lowest) on this day. 1.12%.

Considering the last week, the Nifty 50 indicates decrease 0.91%For this reason, from a year ago, it still maintains a decline 2.14%. He Nifty 50 A 7.06% Highest so far this year (18,232.55 points)

A stock index It is an indicator that measures the evolution of the price of a particular asset.For this you need to have the data of several 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 signatures with different specifications Some indices take into account only a few stocks or hundreds of stocks to determine their value, such as belonging to the same market capitalization or the same type of industry.

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 a company. If investors are not optimistic, stock values ​​will 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 study how companies’ stocks rose or fell together, he created two indexes: one consisting of the 20 largest railroad companies (the most important industry at the time), as well as 12 other stocks. Types of business

There are many different symbols in humanity today They can aggregate based on their location, 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 calculation method, but the key factor is the market capitalization of each company that integrates it. It is obtained by multiplying the value of the title in the relevant stock exchange by the total number of shares in the market.

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

To read a stock index, you need to analyze its changes over time. Current indices always start with a fixed value based on stock prices on their start date, but not everyone follows this pattern. Hence, it leads to errors.

If one index grows by 500 points in a single day and another gains only 20 points, it may appear to have outperformed the former. However, if the former starts at 30,000 points and the other at 300 points, it can be obtained that the gains for the latter were higher in percentage terms.

between Major US stock indices The Dow Jones Industrial Average, better known as Dow Jones, made up of 30 companies. Likewise, the S&P 500, which includes the 500 largest companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Finally comes Nasdaq 100It brings together 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. On the other hand, the DAX 30, the main German index of the best-performing 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, can be considered the most representative of China, made up of the most relevant companies 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 The 35 Best Companies of 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 IBC De Caracas is made up of 6 companies from Venezuela.

Also, 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.