Index / ETFs

European benchmarks post worst month since March as a second wave of COVID-19 infections results in new activity restrictions.

The STOXX® Global 1800 Index fell for a second consecutive month in October as governments resumed lockdowns amid a rebounding number of COVID-19 infections.

On Wednesday, Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. announced an unscheduled change to the SDAX index.

A sell-off in this year’s best-performing shares pulls the STOXX® Global 1800 Index down 3.2% in month.

The strong performance of the US carmaker’s stock this year is something every index investor would have loved to capitalize on.

Qontigo will implement announced changes to the sectorial classification structure of STOXX indices following the first major overhaul of the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) in years.

Deutsche Börse’s index provider Qontigo and its derivatives exchange Eurex are adapting their offering to the upcoming new classification of industrial sectors.

The STOXX Global 1800 Index rises in month, helped by continuing strength in US shares and a slump in the dollar.

Melissa Brown discusses the STOXX® Europe 600 Paris-Aligned Benchmark Index, and the strategy driving a higher return and lower volatility than its benchmark.

Stocks extended a recovery to a second month in May as investors welcomed the resumption of some economic activities in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Qontigo has licensed the new DAX® 50 ESG Index to Lyxor Asset Management as an underlying for an exchange-traded fund that was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today.

The STOXX Global 1800 Index slumps 13% in month, paring an earlier drop of as much as 25%, as large parts of the global economy come to a standstill to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.