The Nikkei 225 rose 0.52% after the open on February 26

Good opening for him Nikki 225which begins on Monday, February 26 with promotions 0.52%even the 39301.21 pointsThis is after the beginning of the opening session. By analyzing this data with the data of the previous days, it is Nikki 225 Add two consecutive earnings dates.

In reference to last week's profitability, the Nikki 225 Accumulates an increase of 2.11% And on an annual basis it continues to accumulate an increase of 43.05%. And a 18.06% Higher than its minimum price for the current year (33,288.29 points).

Stock index It is an indicator that shows how the price of a particular group of assets is evolvingIn which data is used from several companies or sectors in 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 certain characteristics Such as having a similar market value 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. In general, if investors lack confidence, stock prices tend to fall.

Likewise, they work to measure Asset manager performance Allow investors to analyze comparisons between 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 investigated how company stocks 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

Today in our economy there are various indicators and They can be grouped depending 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 method of calculationBut the main factor is the market capitalization of each company that comprises it. This is obtained by multiplying the daily value of securities in the corresponding stock market by the total shares in the hands of investors.

Companies appearing on the stock market must Provide balance Of its composition. The said report must appear every three or six months, as the case may be.

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

If one index gains 500 points in one day, while another gains only 20 points, it may appear that the first index performed better. However, if the first started the day at 30,000 points and the other at 300, it is possible to assume, in percentage terms, that the gains of the second were greater.

between the Major US stock indices There is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, commonly known as… Dow JonesWhich consists of 30 companies. Likewise, the Standard & Poor's 500Which includes 500 of the largest companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Finally, we must not forget Nasdaq 100which includes 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. Furthermore it, 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 can be considered the dominant company in China, consisting of the most relevant companies on 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 The 35 most powerful 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 São 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.

There are also 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.