The STOXX Europe 600, also called STOXX 600, SXXP, is a
stock index of European stocks designed by
STOXX Ltd. This index has a fixed number of 600 components representing large, mid and small capitalization companies among 17 European countries, covering approximately 90% of the
free-float market capitalization of the European stock market (not limited to the
Eurozone). The countries that make up the index are the
United Kingdom (composing around 22.3% of the index),
France (composing around 16.6% of the index),
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
(composing around 14.9% of the index) and
Germany (composing around 14.1% of the index),
as well as
Austria,
Belgium,
Denmark,
Finland,
Ireland,
Italy,
Luxembourg, the
Netherlands,
Norway,
Poland,
Portugal,
Spain, and
Sweden
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.
The STOXX Europe 600 was introduced in 1998. Its composition is reviewed four times a year, in March, June, September, December. The index is available in several currency (AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, JPY, USD) and return (Price, Net Return, Gross Return) variant combinations.
It is licensed to financial institutions to serve as underlying for a wide range of investment products such as
exchange-traded fund
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a type of investment fund and exchange-traded product, i.e. they are traded on stock exchanges. ETFs are similar in many ways to mutual funds, except that ETFs are bought and sold from other owners throughout the ...
s (ETFs),
futures
Futures may mean:
Finance
*Futures contract, a tradable financial derivatives contract
*Futures exchange, a financial market where futures contracts are traded
* ''Futures'' (magazine), an American finance magazine
Music
* ''Futures'' (album), a ...
,
options
Option or Options may refer to:
Computing
*Option key, a key on Apple computer keyboards
*Option type, a polymorphic data type in programming languages
* Command-line option, an optional parameter to a command
*OPTIONS, an HTTP request method
...
, and
structured products worldwide.
Development
The following table shows the end-of-year values of the STOXX Europe 600 index since 1998.
A record closing high of 483.44 was recorded on 7 Nov 2021.
Sector index
Versions differentiating specific sector, respectively are also available.
Sector's classification is base on
Industry Classification Benchmark.
* STOXX Europe 600 Health Care (SXDP)
* STOXX Europe 600 Industrial Goods & Services (SXNP)
* STOXX Europe 600 Food & Beverage (SX3P)
* STOXX Europe 600 Banks (SX7P)
* STOXX Europe 600 Technology (SX8P)
* STOXX Europe 600 Personal & Household Goods (SXQP)
* STOXX Europe 600 Insurance (SXIP)
* STOXX Europe 600 Oil & Gas (SXEP)
* STOXX Europe 600 Chemicals (SX4P)
* STOXX Europe 600 Utilities (SX6P)
* STOXX Europe 600 Retail (SXRP)
* STOXX Europe 600 Telecommunications (SXKP)
* STOXX Europe 600 Construction & Materials (SXOP)
* STOXX Europe 600 Financial Services (SXFP)
* STOXX Europe 600 Real Estate (SX86P)
* STOXX Europe 600 Automobiles & Parts (SXAP)
* STOXX Europe 600 Basic Resources (SXPP)
* STOXX Europe 600 Media (SXMP)
* STOXX Europe 600 Travel & Leisure (SXTP)
See also
*
STOXX Europe 50, a similar index, blue-chip version
*
S&P Europe 350
References
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External links
STOXX Europe 600 pageYahoo Finance page for ^STOXXReuters page for .STOXXWall Street Journal page for SXXP.XX
Pan-European stock market indices