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STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX GmbH group of companies and a leading provider of benchmark and custom index solutions to global institutional investors, today announced the new composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index. Effective as of the opening of European markets on December 23, 2024, the following stocks will be added to and deleted from the index and its respective size or sector indices:

STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX GmbH group of companies and a leading provider of benchmark and custom index solutions to global institutional investors, today announced an unscheduled component change in the SDAX index.

The German blue-chip benchmark’s largest component has had its weight capped at 15%, a limit designed to preserve the index’s diversification. A STOXX analysis finds that the impact from index trackers selling the shares due to the cap is relatively small, and more so compared to that of active funds observing caps imposed by European regulation.

The STOXX World AC benchmark declined 2.3% last month, its first monthly retreat since April. Earnings disappointments from high-flying technology companies and rising bond yields were among reasons that drove investors to take profits from this year’s rally.

Stocks fell for the first month in six in October as earnings disappointments from technology companies and rising bond yields drove investors to take profits from this year’s rally.

STOXX has published its most complete study to date of VSTOXX, the flagship gauge of equity market volatility in the Eurozone. Explore the methodology behind the index, the concept of volatility, and available trading strategies — from theory to use cases.

This whitepaper takes a comprehensive and in-depth look at the objective, methodology, coverage and calculation of the VSTOXX indices in the most complete study on the topic from STOXX to date. It also reviews the strategies and available derivatives tracking the main VSTOXX, which have underpinned volatility’s status as a separate asset class.

Arun Singhal, global head of product management at STOXX, speaks to ETF Stream Editor Theo Andrew about why flows are returning to European equities, and the role indices play.

The STOXX World AC benchmark gained 2.4% last month, taking its third-quarter gain to 6.7%. Almost half of market participants forecast the Federal Reserve may cut interest rates by another 75 basis points before year-end.

Stocks gyrated in August, with benchmarks ending in positive territory for the month, as concern about a US economic slowdown was outweighed by optimism that interest rates will be cut this month. The STOXX World AC index rose 2.6% last month when measured in US dollars and including dividends, taking its 2024 gain to 16.4%. The STOXX Global 1800 index added 2.8% in the month.

STOXX Ltd. has announced an unscheduled component change in the SDAX index.

The STOXX Europe 600 has become the underlying index for Total Return Futures (TRF), launched today on the derivatives exchange Eurex.