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![Stocks fall in December, wrapping worst year since 2008](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PO578-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index fell 3.9% in dollars last month, for a loss of 17.9% in 2022. Momentum stocks led the retreat in the year while automobiles were the worst-performing sector. Dividend stocks performed relatively well despite a background of rising interest rates.
![Monthly Index News: December 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/mac_10292021_intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks declined in December, wrapping the STOXX® Global 1800 index’s worst year since 2008, as investor concerns lingered about the impact of inflation and higher interest rates on economic and earnings growth.
![Unscheduled change in SDAX](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PO541-intro-900x350.jpg)
In connection with a takeover, the free float of Uniper SE has dropped below ten percent and the company will be deleted from the SDAX. According to the „Guide to the DAX Equity Indices“, section 5.1.2, the company no longer meets the basic criteria required to remain in the index (minimum free float of ten percent).
![Changes in DAX: Porsche replaces Puma](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PO525-intro-900x350.jpg)
Qontigo’s global index provider STOXX Ltd. has announced changes to the DAX index family, which will become effective on 19 December 2022.
![Monthly Index News: November 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/axgmmfitrackerexampleblog_intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX® Global 1800 index rose for a second straight month in November as investors raised expectations that higher interest rates are helping temper inflation.
![Stocks rise for second straight month in November on hopes of inflation peak](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PO570-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index added 7.1% in dollars last month, matching its performance in October. The benchmark has still lost 14.5% in 2022, poised for its worst year since 2008.
![Changes in composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Amundi-index-switch-intro-900x350.jpg)
December 1, 2022 – Qontigo has announced the new composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index
Index | Benchmarks
DAX’s two-year methodology overhaul cements German benchmark’s standing with investors, issuers
Qontigo has been busy in the past two years enhancing the DAX rulebook, to bolster the quality of constituent companies, bring selection criteria in line with international standards and improve representativeness of the underlying markets. Serkan Batir, Qontigo’s Managing Director for Indices, says the overhaul helps ensure the benchmark is fit for purpose in an evolving financial landscape.
![DAX’s two-year methodology overhaul cements German benchmark’s standing with investors, issuers](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/etf-stream-1.png)
Index | Index / ETFs
DAX’s two-year methodology overhaul cements German benchmark’s standing with investors, issuers
The last two years have been among the most eventful in the blue-chip DAX® index’s three-decade life. Qontigo, which manages the German benchmark and its entire family of indices, has since 2020 pursued DAX’s biggest overhaul since its inception. The aim has been to bolster the quality of constituent companies, bring selection criteria in line with international standards and improve representativeness.
![From pandemic profiteers to stagflation hostages: FAANGs stranglehold weighs on US market](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/FAANGS-INTRO-900x350.jpg)
Index | Benchmarks
From pandemic profiteers to stagflation hostages: FAANGs stranglehold weighs on US market
The FAANGs — Facebook (now Meta), Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (i.e., Alphabet) — are having an annus horribilis. But they still have gains to show for the past three years, and, importantly for investors, the group’s influence on the US market has only decreased so much.
![Stocks rebound in October on hopes for Fed’s policy pivot](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PO564-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX Global 1800 index rose 7.1% in dollars last month, after falling to a two-year low. While most economists rightly forecast the Federal Reserve’s fourth consecutive hike of 75 basis points on Nov. 2, speculation grew during October that the central bank could indicate it would slow the pace of monetary tightening.
![Monthly Index News: October 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mac_07092021_iintro-1_small-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX® Global 1800 index rebounded from a two-year low last month on investors’ expectations that the Federal Reserve may soon slow down the pace of interest-rate hikes.