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![Energy prices drop, but the European oil and gas industry remains robust](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PO612-listing-1.jpg)
After two years of rallying, energy stocks have experienced a turn in fortunes in 2023 as commodity prices continue to slide. Nevertheless, the STOXX Europe 600 Oil & Gas index has retained some attributes, such as positive active exposures to the Earnings Yield and Value factors.
![Qontigo publishes guide for SFDR-aligned Sustainable Investment methodology](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PO609-original-4.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Qontigo publishes guide for SFDR-aligned Sustainable Investment methodology
Our Sustainable Investments team has produced a document detailing the methodology for reporting the sustainable investment percentage of STOXX and DAX indices. The rules are aligned with the spirit of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and are designed, among other things, to bring specificity and flexibility when constructing sustainable portfolios.
![Unscheduled component changes in MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO547-IIA-ESG-survey-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
4 May 2023 – Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. has announced unscheduled component changes in the MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX indices.
![Stocks rise in April on earnings beats, improving economic outlook](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PO608-listing.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index rose 1.8% in dollars in April, and the STOXX World AC added 1.5%, following better-than-expected economic and business reports. There were gains across all regions, and Low Risk was the leading factor in the month.
![Monthly Index News: April 2023](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-finance-intro-image-900x350.png)
Stocks rose in April following better-than-expected economic and earnings reports, and amid signs that inflation in key regions continues to cool.
![Stocks rise in March despite banking industry woes](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PO601-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index rose 3% in dollars and only 0.6% in euros in March. The Fed on March 22 increased its key borrowing rate by 25 basis points to the highest since 2007, but removed from a statement previous references to the need for “ongoing” rate rises.
![Monthly Index News: March 2023](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/roofscoreinterviewshortfinal_intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks rose in March, rebounding from losses in the month’s first half, as investors raised expectations the Federal Reserve may soon pause its interest rate hikes following the collapse of three lenders in the US.
![Bank credit spread contagion – how bad could it get?](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PO597-intro-900x350.jpg)
The recent collapse of several banks has sparked fears of a 2011-style “doom loop,” in which losses in the financial sector spread to the wider economy. So far, contagion has been limited, but a further deterioration in credit quality could result in drawdowns across all sectors.
![Paris-aligned ESG STOXX indices licensed to four German pension funds](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/rice-fields-abstract-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | News (incl. corporate)
Paris-aligned ESG STOXX indices licensed to four German pension funds
Qontigo has licensed the global STOXX ESG Länder PAB Index family to four German federal states. PAB (Paris-aligned Benchmark) stands for the most ambitious EU regulation regarding fossil exclusion criteria and greenhouse gas decarbonization for index providers.
![Q&A: Building customized, sustainable portfolios based on the STOXX World indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/shutterstock_2180019465_900x350.jpg)
Index | Benchmarks
Q&A: Building customized, sustainable portfolios based on the STOXX World indices
The modular STOXX World indices allow investors to flexibly build portfolios covering a broad and liquid universe of stocks, slicing and dicing the world’s equity markets along regions, countries, market capitalization and sectors.
![Porsche, Daimler Truck, Siemens Energy among companies joining DAX ESG indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PO593-intro-900x350.jpg)
Changes were announced as part of the March regular review of the DAX 50 ESG, DAX 50 ESG+, DAX ESG Target, DAX ESG Screened and DAX indices.