Taiwan Weighted closed higher on June 7

This year the markets have registered a constant volatility. (Infobae)

good day for him Taiwan Weighted, which ended on Wednesday June 7 with increases of 0.96%, up to 16,922.48 points. He Taiwan Weighted it reached the maximum figure of 16,922.48 points and a minimum of 16,771.76 points. The trading range for the Taiwan Weighted between its highest and lowest point (maximum-minimum) during this day it stood at 0.89%.

In reference to the profitability of the last seven days, the Taiwan Weighted registers an increase of 2.07%, so that from a year ago it still maintains a rise of 5.08%. and 19.18% above its minimum price so far this year (14,199.13 points).

A stock index is an indicator that shows how the price of a given set of assets changes, so it collects data from various companies or sectors of a part of the market.

These indicators are used mainly by the stock markets of the countries and each one of them can be integrated by firms with specific characteristics, such as having a similar market capitalization or belonging to the same type of industry. In addition, there are some indices that only consider a handful of shares to determine its value or others that consider hundreds of shares.

Stock indices serve as an indicator of confidence in the stock market, business confidence, the health of the national and global economy, and the performance of investments in shares and shares of an entity. If investors are not confident, stock values ​​will tend to fall.

Likewise, they work to measure the performance of an asset manager and allow investors to have comparisons between profitability and risk; measure the opportunities of a financial asset or create portfolios.

These types of indicators began to be used at the end of the 19th century after the journalist Charles H. Dow. To see carefully how the shares of the companies tended to rise or fall together in price, so he created two indices: one that contained the 20 most important railway companies (since it was the most important industry at the time), as well as 12 shares of other types of businesses

Today in humanity there are various indices and they can be grouped based on their geographical location, sectors, the size of the companies or even the type of asset, for example, the US Nasdaq index is made up of the 100 largest companies in largely related to technologies such as Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB), Alphabet (GOOG), Tesla (TSLA), Nvidia (NVDA), PayPal (PYPL), Comcast (CMCSA ), Adobe (ADBE).

Each stock index has its own way of being measured, but the main factor is the market capitalization of each company that integrates it. This is obtained by multiplying the value of the day of the share in the corresponding stock market by the total number of shares that are in the hands of investors.

The companies that are in the stock market are obliged to present a balance sheet of their composition. Said report must come to light every three or six months, as appropriate.

Reading a stock index also requires paying attention to its changes over time. New indices always start with a fixed value based on the prices of the securities on their start date, but not all follow this method. Therefore, it can be misleading.

If one index scores 500 points in a day, while another only scores 20, it might appear that the former performed better. However, if the first started the day at 30,000 points and the other at 300, it can be assumed that, in percentage terms, the gains for the second were considerable.

Among the main stock indices in the United States is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, better known as Dow Jones, made up of 30 companies. Likewise, the S&P 500, which includes 500 of the largest companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Finally, we must not forget the Nasdaq 100, which brings together 100 of the largest non-financial firms.

On the other hand, the most important indices in Europe are the Eurostoxx 50, which covers the 50 most important companies in the euro area. On the other hand, the DAX 30, the main German index that contains the most outstanding companies on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange; the FTSE 100 of the London Stock Exchange; the CAC 40 of the Paris Stock Exchange; and the IBEX 35, of the Spanish stock market.

In Asia, we have the Nikkei 225, made up of the top 225 companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. There is also the SSE Composite Index, which is listed as the most solid in China, made up of the most prominent companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Similarly, it is worth mentioning the Hang Seung Index in Hong Kong and the KOSPI in South Korea.

With regard to Latin America, there is the IPC, which contains the 35 most powerful firms on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). At least a third of them are owned by tycoon Carlos Slim.

Another is the Bovespa, made up of the 50 most important companies on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange; the Merval from Argentina; the IPSA of Chile; the MSCI COLCAP of Colombia; the IBC of Caracas, made up of 6 companies from Venezuela.

There are also other types of global stock indices such as the MSCI Latin America, which includes the 137 most important companies in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

Similarly, there is the MSCI World, which includes 1,600 companies from 23 developed countries; the MSCI Emerging Markets, made up of more than 800 companies from developing countries; and the S&P Global 100, made up of the 100 most powerful multinational firms on the entire planet.

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