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The STOXX World AC benchmark rose 3.3% in the month after logging an 18% advance in 2024. Investors’ focus on the strength of the US economy and corporate earnings helps offset concerns about global trade and politics.

Index | Factor Investing
iShares adopts STOXX indices to underlie EMEA multifactor ETFs with exclusionary screens
Three iShares ETFs will switch to multifactor indices designed by STOXX and BlackRock, expanding an existing collaboration. The indices implement optimized strategies targeting risk premia while controlling for risk, and additionally screen out companies based on controversial activities and carbon emissions.

Index | New index launches
New ISS STOXX net zero indices adopt innovative, forward-looking approach to carbon transition
The next-generation net zero indices focus on a real-world view of the global low-carbon transition, and offer investors the tools and advanced data to steer capital towards companies driving the decarbonization journey.

The STOXX Europe 600 Banks index climbed 26% last year, its best performance since the 34% logged in 2021. High capital ratios, stronger earnings and expectations of consolidation in the industry helped share prices.

The STOXX World AC benchmark fell 2.2% in the month but logged an 18% advance for the year, taking its gains in the past two years to 47%. The STOXX USA 500 climbed 26% in 2024, nearly three times the return of the STOXX Europe 600.

To better understand what impact the ESMA guidelines will have on the ETF market, ETF Insider caught up with STOXX’s Antonio Celeste, Head of Sustainability, Index Product Management, and Saumya Mehrotra, Associate Vice President, Index Product Management.

Index | Portfolio Risk Management
Europe’s ‘GRANOLAS’ stocks: A sustainability and climate perspective
This article examines six ESG and climate metrics of the group of stocks that have led gains in the STOXX Europe 600. It is useful to understand the dispersion within this group and that of the ‘Magnificent 7’ at the security level, and the specific risks and opportunities individual corporate performance presents, argues Hernando Cortina of ISS ESG.

Index | Thematic Investing
New iShares ETFs on STOXX indices track beneficiaries of AI infrastructure spending and adoption
The STOXX Global AI Infrastructure and STOXX Global AI Adopters and Applications thematic indices allow investors targeted exposure to companies in different stages and involvement in AI, as the technology is deployed. The indices employ a combination of revenues and patents screens to select both established businesses as well as innovators.

Changes were announced as part of the December regular review of the DAX 50 ESG, DAX 50 ESG+, DAX 30 ESG, DAX ESG Target, DAX ESG Screened, MDAX ESG+, MDAX ESG Screened and DAX indices.

The STOXX Global 1800 benchmark, up 4.6%, had its best month this year in November. Momentum stocks and digital assets were among the best performers in the aftermath of the US election.

The German blue-chip benchmark climbs to a record even amid a gloomy economic picture at home. Sales of AI and industrial parts are among drivers of corporate earnings growth for DAX component stocks.

The STOXX Digital Asset Blue Chip index has gained 42% since the outcome of the November 5 US elections. Optimism about lighter regulation and a more open approach to the sector from the incoming administration has lifted all index constituents.