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![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.
![Q&A with EconSight: translating patent information into measurable technologies and innovation scores](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PO603-listing.jpg)
Index | Thematic Investing
Q&A with EconSight: translating patent information into measurable technologies and innovation scores
EconSight’s sophisticated patent classification system helps determine which companies are likely to lead in future technological markets. The company’s indicators and deep know-how is employed in the stock selection process of the STOXX Global Metaverse index.
![New STOXX thematic index tracking Europe’s booming luxury-goods industry licensed to Samsung Asset Management for first-of-kind ETF](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PO605_900x350.png)
Index | Thematic Investing
New STOXX thematic index tracking Europe’s booming luxury-goods industry licensed to Samsung Asset Management for first-of-kind ETF
The index’s targeted focus allows investors to accurately capture one of the strongest-growing themes of late, as Gen Z and Asian consumers increase spending on luxury products.
![The industrial Metaverse – beyond gaming and social media](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PO602-intro-900x350.jpg)
Despite its main association with online gaming and social media, the Metaverse is also providing a virtual platform for industries to employ technologies aimed at improving efficiency, controlling supply chains and monitoring risk-management processes. The STOXX Global Metaverse Index is designed to capture the pioneers developing those applications.
![New horizons in thematic investing](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PO592-intro-900x350.jpg)
Axel Lomholt, Chief Product Officer for Indices & Benchmarks at Qontigo, explains how technology and data innovation are buoying thematic investing, and what it takes to be at the research frontline in thematic strategies.
![Green efficient frontiers: Minimizing the risk impact of exclusions in sustainable portfolios](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PO600-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Green efficient frontiers: Minimizing the risk impact of exclusions in sustainable portfolios
A new whitepaper from Qontigo’s research team explores the benefits of constructing an exclusions portfolio with an optimizer, which helps limit active risk and frees up capital to allocate towards sustainability or performance objectives.
![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.
![Qontigo licenses clean energy thematic indices to Citi](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PO591-2nd-intro-900x350.jpg)
Citigroup has expanded its suite of thematic structured products linked to STOXX indices that are adapted for participation products.
![Navigating Europe’s equities and sustainable investing landscape](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PO596-intro-900x350.jpg)
At a recent IPE webinar, experts from Qontigo and DWS discussed how investors can build a sustainable strategy considering their impact objectives, tracking error budgets and the need to comply with evolving regulation.
![Eurex Derivatives Forum: Thematic strategies are ‘next step’ in futures segment](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PO598-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Events, Conferences & Webinars
Eurex Derivatives Forum: Thematic strategies are ‘next step’ in futures segment
A panel at the annual conference organized by the derivatives exchange, held last week, discussed the drivers behind the boom in thematic investing. As thematic ETFs continue to lure inflows, demand will also move on to listed derivatives, the experts said.
![European financial stocks hit hardest by banking turmoil](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/europeanfinancialscrisisblog_intro-900x350.jpg)
The collapse of a Californian bank triggered a rapidly-spreading banking crisis, with Europe suffering the brunt of it. European Banks, Financial Services firms and Insurers have fallen more than their US counterparts, while the risk of each one of those sectors in Europe has jumped.
![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.