Benchmarks

A weaker US dollar helped stocks recover in April, but extended this year’s losses for euro-based investors.

The underlying index is designed to reflect a hypothetical portfolio in which an investor buys the EURO STOXX 50 benchmark and simultaneously sells a EURO STOXX 50 ATM call option, generating additional income for the holder at the cost of giving up on stock gains.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group of companies, and Global X ETFs Europe, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today announce their expanding collaboration with the launch of the Global X EURO STOXX 50 Covered Call UCITS ETF now tracking the EURO STOXX 50® Covered Call ATM Index.

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group of companies and leading provider of benchmark and custom index solutions to global institutional investors, today announced the following unscheduled changes to the SDAX, HDAX and TecDAX.

The STOXX World AC index added 1.1% last month in US dollars but lost 4% in euros after the greenback retreated 4.8% against the common currency. While the Eurozone’s EURO STOXX 50 dropped, German benchmarks bucked the trend.

The EUR 18.9 billion attracted by the ETFs in one month compares with EUR 5.7 billion in net inflows for all of 2024. STOXX-linked ETFs attracted the most money in March, led by STOXX Europe 600 and Germany’s MDAX funds.

STOXX Ltd. today announced the following unscheduled change to the SDAX index. METRO AG (St) will leave the SDAX due to delisting from the regulated market as defined in chapter 8.5.3 of the DAX Equity Index Calculation Guide (DELISTINGS).

Exactly a quarter century ago, STOXX, Deutsche Börse and then-manager Merrill Lynch made history in launching Europe’s first ETFs, listed in Frankfurt. The funds were the foundation stone for an industry that today commands EUR 2.2 trillion in assets and has dramatically changed the financial sector.

The STOXX World AC index dropped 3.8% last month, led by US stocks, as investors fretted about the outlook for US economic growth, inflation and international trade. The STOXX USA 500 posted its worst quarter relative to the STOXX Europe 600 in a decade.

Stocks had their worst month since September 2023 in March, as investors fretted about the outlook for US economic growth, inflation and international trade. US stocks paced the retreat.

(Updates February 27 article with inflows through March 6).  With the DAX index climbing to an all-time high and posting its best start to a year in a decade, interest in German equities is also backed up by fund flows. Net purchases of German assets ETFs listed in EMEA[1] have climbed to EUR 3.1 billion this […]

STOXX Ltd. today announced the following unscheduled change to the SDAX index. ABOUT YOU Holding SE will leave the SDAX due to a breach of basic criteria as defined in chapter 5.4.2 of the DAX Equity Index Methodology Guide (Breach of basic criteria – minimum freefloat 10%).