FIVE indices

FTSE Index

FTSE 100 Index (Financial Times Stock Exchange Index) is the stock index based on the shares’ rates of 100 companies with the most serious capitalization included in the list of London stock exchange. FTSE 100 Index is the most prominent indicator of Britain economy and leading stock index of Europe.

NASDAQ (NQ)

NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System) founded in 1971 in the USA and including shares of high tech companies (electronics, software etc.), one of three main USA stock exchanges. Now it presents shares of more than 3200 companies including Russian ones.

Standard&Poor's 500 (ES)

Standard&Poor's 500 developed by Standard & Poor's company reflects common dynamics of value for 500 of the most prominent USA companies being “the face” of American economy. These companies don’t need to be introduced: General Electric, Exxon, Microsoft, Citigroup, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Bank of America, Intel, Wal-Mart Stores, Procter & Gamble – among these companies every one determines the trend for its sector.

Dow Jones (YM)

Dow Jones industry index was designed in order to monitor the state of industry component of American stock markets. It is one of the oldest indices among already existing American market ones.

For now it includes more than 30 of the USA largest companies.

DAX (FDAX)

DAX (acronym of Germ. Deutscher Aktienindex) is the leading stock index of Germany calculated on the basis of shares’ rates traded on the Frankfurt stock exchange. The index includes shares of 30 leading German companies. It was introduced in 1988 year and corresponds to the weight average of yield on several companies representing the most serious sectors of German economy (car manufacturers: BMW, VOLKSWAGEN, DAIMLERCHRYSLER; bank sector - DEUTSCHE BANK, COMMERZBANK etc.)