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![EURO STOXX 50 profile transformed by technology stocks’ ascent](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PO555-and-PO657-listing.jpg)
The sector composition of the Eurozone blue-chip benchmark looks very different from its inception 26 years ago. Most recently, two technology stocks – ASML and SAP – have had the biggest influence on the index’s direction, and may be re-positioning it in the eyes of investors.
![Understanding Investor Preferences through Passive Investment Flows](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/red-brick-wave-absctract-intro-900x350.jpg)
In this paper, we use the transparency afforded by ETFs to analyze investor flows, but also look through to the underlying holdings, to understand the time-varying preferences of passive investors. We have found that year on year, there is a great deal of variability in style, industry and regional exposures. However, these exposure preferences tend to be neutral over longer time frames. This is in contrast to a consistent preference for performance, reflected by flows going towards ETFs with strong in-year returns.
![Charting innovation: digital asset edition](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/profitabilityemanddm_intro-900x350.png)
What is the value of diversification? We can visualize it using a simple three-asset portfolio, observing how the risk-adjusted performance changes when varying the correlation. Correlation measures the degree to which two variables move in relation to each other, and serves as a guide as to how well assets can diversify each other.
![STOXX Licenses New ESG Version of the DAX to DZ BANK](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cerianamedtonaefinal_intro-900x350.png)
STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX GmbH group of companies and a leading provider of index solutions for institutional investors worldwide, has licensed a new ESG benchmark for the German equity market to DZ BANK. The DAX 30 ESG index expands the options for ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) investing in German equities and, as of today, forms the basis for several discount certificates that are tradable on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
![Monthly Index News: January 2024](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/erm_02252021_intro-900x350.png)
Stocks extended gains in January, lifting the STOXX® Global 1800 index near an all-time high, as optimism that major central banks will soon start cutting interest rates carried into the new year.
![Unscheduled Component Changes in MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PO601-intro-900x350.jpg)
STOXX Ltd. has announced unscheduled component changes in the MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX indices.
![Monthly Index News: December 2023](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/abscract-zig-zag-building-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks extended gains in December, pushing the STOXX® Global 1800 index to a record high, on optimism that the Federal Reserve has managed to bring inflation under control without causing a recession.
![DAX indices overhaul continues with methodology, data reporting changes](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/PO645-intro-900x350.jpg)
Since 2020, the DAX indices have undergone a sustained evolution to have their rules adjusted and aligned with the needs of modern markets. As of March 2024, the indices’ methodology will change the way they treat corporate actions, while data distribution will move to the reporting system used by STOXX indices. Additionally, the indices’ weight cap for individual constituents will be raised from 10% to 15%.
![Video: Integrating Biodiversity Considerations in Portfolios](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PO567-intro-900x350.jpg)
Watch Michael Lewis, Head of Research for ESG at DWS, Hernando Cortina, Head of Index Strategy at ISS ESG, and Antonio Celeste, Director for Sustainable Product Management at STOXX, as they discuss the significance of biodiversity, and the tools to capture natural impact in both corporate and investment strategies.
![Monthly Index News: November 2023](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ficotw_11182020_intro-900x350.png)
Stocks jumped by the most in three years in November as better-than-expected inflation reports bolstered investors’ expectations that interest rates in the US and elsewhere may have peaked.
![Three additions to the MDAX](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PO624-intro-1-900x350.jpg)
STOXX Ltd. has announced the new composition of the DAX index family.
![Correction: Changes in composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mecrisis_intro-900x350.png)
In the initial version of the press release on December 1, the addition of BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI and the deletion of AIR FRANCE-KLM was missing.