Russia's MOEX index opened higher on January 29

Positive start to the day Russia mox indicatorwhich begins on Monday, January 29 with promotions 0.42%even the 3,176.47 pointsThis is after the beginning of the opening session. With regard to previous dates, Russia mox indicator Adds two consecutive cycles in height.

If we look at last week's data,… Russia mox indicator Accumulates an increase of 0.14%so that it still maintains an increase in for a year 42.72%. he Russia mox indicator A. is located 0.28% Below this year's maximum (3185.23 points) and A 1.48% Higher than its minimum price for the current year (3,130.23 points).

Stock index It is an indicator that measures how the value of a specific group of assets is evolvingso it takes data from different companies or sectors for a part of the market.

These indicators are mainly used by stock exchanges in various countries Each of them can be combined by companies with specific characteristics Such as having a similar market capitalization or belonging to the same type of industry, there are also some indicators that take into account only a handful of stocks to determine their value or other indicators that take into account hundreds of stocks.

Stock market indices act as Stock market confidence index, business confidence, national and global economic health, and stock investment performance And the entity's shares. If investors lack confidence, stock prices tend to fall.

Likewise, they work to measure Asset manager performance Allow investors to compare return and risk; Measure financial asset opportunities or create portfolios.

This type of indicator began to be used at the end of the nineteenth century Journalist Charles H. Dao. He carefully analyzed how a company's shares tended to rise or fall in price together, so he created two indices: one containing the 20 most important railroad companies (because they were the most important industry at the time), plus 12 stocks from other types of companies

Nowadays there are many indicators and They can be linked based on their geography, sectors, company size, or even asset typeFor example, the US Nasdaq index consists of the top 100 companies mostly related to technology such as Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB), Alphabet (GOOG), and Tesla (TSLA). , Nvidia (NVDA), PayPal (PYPL), Comcast (CMCSA), Adobe (ADBE).

Each stock index has its own way of measuringBut the main component is the market capitalization of each company that comprises it. This is obtained by multiplying the daily value of a stock on the corresponding stock market by the total number of shares on the market.

Companies appearing on the stock market are required to do so Provide balance Of its composition. The aforementioned report must be published every three or six months, as appropriate.

Reading a stock index also involves examining changes over time. Current indices always appear at a fixed value based on security prices On the start date, but not everyone follows this method. Therefore, it may seem misleading.

If one index grows by 500 points in a day, while another gains only 20 points, the former may appear to have a better return. However, if the first started the day at 30,000 points and the other at 300, it can be concluded that the gains of the second were greater in percentage terms.

between the Major stock indices in the US Federation There is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, commonly known as… Dow Jones, consisting of 30 companies. also, Standard & Poor's 500Which includes 500 of the largest companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Finally comes Nasdaq 100which brings together 100 of the largest non-financial companies.

On the other hand, the most prominent indicators Europe she Eurostock 50, which covers the 50 most important companies in the euro area. On the other hand, the DAX 30It is the main German index that contains the most prominent companies on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. the FTSE 100 index From the London Stock Exchange; he CAC 40 From the Paris Stock Exchange; And the Ibex 35from the Spanish stock market.

in Asian continentThe main stock indices are Nikki 225, consisting of the 225 largest companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. And there too SSE Composite Index, which appears as the most representative of China, and consists of the companies most closely linked to the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Likewise, it is worth noting Hang Seong Index In Hong Kong and Cosby In South Korea.

We're talking about latin americaYou have Consumer price indexwhich contains 35 reputed companies on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). At least a third of them are part of the ownership of businessman Carlos Slim.

Another is Bovespa, consisting of the 50 most important companies on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange; he Merval From Argentina; he IPSA From Chile; he MSCI COOLCAP From Colombia; he cry Caracas, consisting of 6 companies from Venezuela.

Finally, there are other types of global stock indices such as MSCI Latin AmericaWhich includes the most important 137 companies in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

Likewise, there MSCI WorldWhich includes 1,600 companies from 23 developed countries; he MSCI Emerging MarketsIt consists of more than 800 companies from developing countries; And the Standard & Poor's Global 100consisting of the 100 most powerful multinational companies on the entire planet.