The STOXX® Europe 600 is a broad measure of the European equity market. With a fixed number of 600 components, the index provides extensive and diversified coverage across 17 countries and 11 industries within Europe’s developed economies, representing nearly 90% of the underlying investable market.
There is a wide and very liquid ecosystem built around the benchmark and its popular size, sector and ESG sub-indices, consisting of ETFs, exchange-traded derivatives and structured products.
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Top 10 Components
| NOVO NORDISK B | DK |
| ASML HLDG | NL |
| SAP | DE |
| NESTLE | CH |
| ASTRAZENECA | GB |
| ROCHE HLDG P | CH |
| NOVARTIS | CH |
| SHELL | GB |
| HSBC | GB |
| LVMH MOET HENNESSY | FR |
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