The main index of BMV recorded an increase of 0.21% at the close of May 17

A positive session for the Mexican S&P/BMV IPC index, which ended the session on Friday, May 17, with slight increases in… 0.21%even the 57583.08 points. Mexico’s S&P/BMV IPC Index has reached its maximum 57847.38 points The minimum number 57385.25 points. The trading range of the Mexican S&P/BMV IPC Index is between the highest and lowest points (maximum and minimum) for that day in 0.8%.

Referring to last week’s profitability, Mexico’s S&P/BMV IPC index recorded a decline of 0.26%; However, on an annual basis, it still maintains an increase in 6.16%. Mexico’s S&P/BMV IPC is one 1.92% Below the maximum for this year (58711.87 points) and a 5.26% Higher than his minimum rating so far this year (54,707.89 points).

Stock index It is an indicator that shows how the price of a group of assets is evolvingwhich needs to obtain data from different companies or sectors in a part of the market.

These indicators are mainly used by each country’s stock exchanges Each of them can be combined by companies with different characteristics Such as having a similar market capitalization or belonging to the same industry, there are also some indices that take into account a few stocks to determine their value or other indices 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, the value of stocks tends to decline.

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 looked closely at how stocks of companies tended to rise or fall in price together, so he created two indexes: one containing the 20 most important railroad companies (because they were the most important industry at the time), plus 12 stocks from other railroad companies. Business types

Currently there are different indicators and They can join together based on their geography, sectors, company size, or even asset type.For 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 factor 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 shares in investors’ hands.

Required by companies listed on the stock market Provide balance Of its composition. This report must be submitted every three or six months, as appropriate.

Reading a stock index also requires paying attention to its changes over time. New indices always start with a fixed value based on stock prices On the start date, but not everyone follows this method. Therefore, it can lead to inaccuracy.

If one index adds 500 points in a day, while another adds only 20 points, it may appear that the former had a better return. However, if the former started the day at 30,000 points and the latter at 300, we can conclude that, in percentage terms, the gains of the latter were more pronounced.

between the Major stock indices in the US Federation There is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, commonly known as… Dow JonesOf which 30 companies are part. Likewise, the Standard & Poor’s 500Which includes 500 of the largest companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Finally, we must mention Nasdaq 100which unites 100 of the largest non-financial companies.

On the other hand, the most important 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 continentwe have the Nikki 225, consisting of the 225 largest companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. And there too SSE Composite Index, considered the most solid in China, consists of the most relevant companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The same role you played Hang Seong Index In Hong Kong and Cosby In South Korea.

We’re talking about Latin America regionYou have Consumer price indexwhich contains 35 of the most prominent companies on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). At least a third of them are owned by 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.