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![DAX ESG Target: An optimal solution to risk, return and impact in German stocks](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PO437-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
DAX ESG Target: An optimal solution to risk, return and impact in German stocks
The new DAX® ESG Target Index offers a sustainable alternative to Germany’s flagship DAX that is optimized to maximize the ESG score of the portfolio, with a tracking-error constraint, and that simultaneously reduces the carbon intensity by at least 30%.
![Risk, Return and Sustainability: Qontigo ESG Target Indices Provide an Optimal Solution](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/rice-fields-abstract-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Risk, Return and Sustainability: Qontigo ESG Target Indices Provide an Optimal Solution
While sustainable investing is not a new concept, its growing popularity means a sharper focus is needed on how to achieve sustainability goals without sacrificing returns or taking on too much unintended risk.
![DAX ESG Target Index selected as underlying index for a new iShares ETF](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/deutsche-boerse-intro-image-900x350.png)
Qontigo has licensed the DAX® ESG Target Index to BlackRock for the launch of a new German-domiciled iShares ETF.
![Stock Rally Continues in April as STOXX Global 1800 Breaks Record](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/April-2021-market-wrap-original-intro-900x350.jpg)
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.
![Monthly Index News: April 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sectorrotationjustonpauseorahintofthenewnormal_intro_small-900x350.jpg)
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.
![EURO STOXX 50 Index licensed to KB Asset Management](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/euro-stoxx-intro-image-900x350.png)
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.
![Results of Annual Emerging And Developed Markets Classification Review – Apr. 23, 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/night-city-chart-rise-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Benchmarks
Results of Annual Emerging And Developed Markets Classification Review – Apr. 23, 2021
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.
![Eurex to Introduce Micro Futures on EURO STOXX 50 and DAX Indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Micro-futures-intro-900x350.jpg)
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.
![Stocks Extend Gains in March, Led by Value Shares, Europe](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/March-2021-wrap-original-intro-900x350.jpg)
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.
![Monthly Index News: March 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/vaccines-intro-900x350.jpg)
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.
![STOXX Indices to Underlie New Total Return Futures on Eurex](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TRFs-1-intro-900x350.jpg)
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.
![Q&A with Lyxor and Qontigo: 20 Years of the EURO STOXX 50 ETF](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/luxor-logo.jpg)
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.