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Eight STOXX Thematic indices underlying ETFs in Europe had their annual rebalancing in June, with six of them seeing updates to the business sectors associated with the targeted theme. The ‘purity’ ratio, or theme-related revenue, remains above 80%.

The global benchmark rose 2.3% last month for a 2024 advance of 11.6%. It was the index’s seventh monthly advance in eight months as investors expect US interest rates to start dropping this year, aiding the global economy.

US stocks rose in June as investors weighed the prospects for interest-rate cuts amid slowing inflation. European shares fell as results from the European Parliamentary elections increased political risk.

The German blue-chip benchmark was introduced in July 1988. Its impressive 1,575% rally since then is a reflection of the global economy’s transformative growth and the corporate successes at home.

The fight to preserve our nature’s systems is intensifying, presenting both additional risks and opportunities for investors. The ISS STOXX Biodiversity indices offer a multi-step framework to address biodiversity challenges while employing state-of-the-art datasets.

The STOXX Optimal 100 indices mirror their parent indices with a smaller constituency. In controlling tracking error and active exposures through an optimization process, the new indices offer a tool for efficient hedging of benchmark portfolios.

Weekly expirations allow market participants to finetune hedging and accurately implement strategies around specific events such as economic data releases. The new options further expand a comprehensive derivatives ecosystem around the STOXX Europe 600.

Nvidia’s formidable stock performance has lifted the company atop many indices. Thematic strategies can offer a more nuanced, and larger, exposure to the chipmaker’s shares.

As the index turns 25 on June 21, we take a look at what makes up the world of smaller-capitalization German stocks.

The DVP index tracks the gross cash dividends paid out in a year by constituents of the Eurozone’s sustainability benchmark. Dividend futures on the standard EURO STOXX 50 benchmark are a popular contract on Eurex both for hedging and directional strategies.

STOXX Ltd. has announced unscheduled component changes in the MDAX and TecDAX indices.

Buoyant markets and the ongoing shift to index investments put European ETFs on track for a tenth straight year of net inflows. Funds tracking the EURO STOXX 50 attracted USD 2bn in the first five months of 2024.