Benchmarks

Global index rises 4.5% in month amid ongoing expectations for a post-pandemic economic recovery. Gains are led by US and European markets, and by Momentum stocks, which came back in favor after a lackluster first quarter.

Stocks rose for a third straight month in April, with the STOXX® Global 1800 Index breaking an all-time high, as investors became more convinced that a post-pandemic economic recovery will take hold.

Qontigo has licensed the EURO STOXX 50® Index to KBSTAR ETF, the ETF division of KB Asset Management to serve as an underlying for an ETF listed on the Korea Exchange.

As of September 20, 2021, out of the 64 countries in the STOXX index universe, 25 will be classified as developed markets, and 21 will be classified as emerging markets. No countries in the STOXX index universe will undergo a change in classification. A full list of countries including their classification can be found under the dedicated country classification section.

The new listings respond to a global demand trend: smaller contract values offer a larger number of investors efficient access to the liquid derivatives market and enable more accurate hedging and trading strategies.

STOXX Global 1800 Index advances 3.3% in month amid ongoing expectations for a post-pandemic economic recovery. Investors continue their switch into Value stocks, and away from the Momentum style.

Stocks extended gains in March as countries pushed ahead with their COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, the US passed a new stimulus package and major central banks indicated they are likely to keep interest rates low even as the economy rebounds.

The TRFs on the EURO STOXX Banks Index and EURO STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index will be listed on Mar. 29. TRFs have seen strong demand from banks selling structured products and other market participants as a way to efficiently gain exposure to price-plus-dividend returns of shares and indices.

Lyxor this week celebrates 20 years since the launch of the EURO STOXX 50 UCITS ETF. To mark this anniversary, we caught up with Lyxor’s Arnaud Llinas, Head of ETF and Indexing, and Stephan Flaegel, Head of Indices and Benchmarks at Qontigo, to hear from them how indices and ETFs have underpinned a revolution that has transformed Europe’s financial landscape.

On Wednesday, 3 March 2021, Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. announced that Leoni AG replaces SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE in SDAX. This information is not correct.

The former Siemens unit will take the slot of the 139-year-old personal-care company in the German blue-chip benchmark. The index is this month undergoing changes to its methodology.

Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. announced an unscheduled change to the MDAX and TecDAX indices.