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STOXX’s European equity indices provide access to Europe’s dynamic economy, covering key sectors and leading companies, while always being rules-based, transparent, and representative of the underlying market.
Key benefits
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Market capitalization based
The indices are weighted according to free-float market capitalization
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Transparency
Index calculation and changes to the index composition follow publicly available transparent rules
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Track record
STOXX Benchmark indices are established as underlyings for derivatives, ETFs, index funds and structured products
Benchmark indices
EURO STOXX 50
The EURO STOXX 50 is the most-followed benchmark for European equities. The index tracks the Eurozone’s Supersector leaders, offering a distinctive and diversified business exposure, and covers 11 national markets
STOXX Europe 600
With a fixed number of 600 components, the benchmark represents large-, mid- and small-capitalization companies across 17 countries – the widest coverage among flagship European benchmarks in the industry in terms of market capitalization and number of components.
STOXX indices play an important role in ETF, derivatives and structured products markets
All STOXX indices are rules-based and transparent, representative of the underlying market, and investable. These are attributes that have attracted issuers to the indices as underlyings for a wide range of products that help investors efficiently access the European equity market, hedge and manage portfolios, and channel liquidity to equity markets.
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Sustainability moves to the fore
Increasing demand for responsible policies has defined institutional investing in recent years. Amid that trend, STOXX’s Sustainability indices have gained traction with investors and issuers and will continue to do so as regulators and asset owners raise the bar on issues from climate to biodiversity and social inclusion.
Evolving landscape
STOXX’s European equity indices have gained large adoption since their inception in June 1998 by providing investable exposure to the region. As the nature of index-based investing continues to change, benchmarks are now used as a toolbox with which to build customized strategies. The family of indices derived from our flagship indices and the trading vehicles around them will continue to grow as STOXX caters to the increasingly tailored needs of investors.
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Key European equity indices
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