The LuxX Price is the main
stock market index
In finance, a stock index, or stock market index, is an index that measures a stock market, or a subset of the stock market, that helps investors compare current stock price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.
Two of the ...
of the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange, LuxSE (french: Bourse de Luxembourg) is based in Luxembourg City at 35A boulevard Joseph II.
The chairman of the board is Alain Kinsch and the chief executive officer is Julie Becker.
The exchange has pre-opening ...
, the
stock exchange
A stock exchange, securities exchange, or bourse is an exchange where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock, bonds and other financial instruments. Stock exchanges may also provide facilities for th ...
based in
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ...
, in southern
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
. The LuxX is a weighted index of the nine
most valuable listed stocks by
free float
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ed
market capitalisation
Market capitalization, sometimes referred to as market cap, is the total value of a publicly traded company's outstanding common shares owned by stockholders.
Market capitalization is equal to the market price per common share multiplied by t ...
(ten until the collapse of
Fortis in 2008).
The index was fixed at 1,000 on 4 January 1999: the first day of trading after Luxembourg adopted the
euro
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.
The nine companies currently included in the index are:
Historical quotes
Footnotes
External links
Luxembourg Stock Exchange official websiteBloomberg page for LUXXX:IND
European stock market indices
Economy of Luxembourg
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