The DAX index is wavering in the futures market as traders digest the impasse over EU funding, Brexit, and the...
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The DAX 30 Index (Deutscher Aktienindex) is a blue-chip stock market index consisting of the thirty biggest companies in Germany in terms of market cap, traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The base date for the DAX 30 is December 30, 1987, and from a base value of 1,000. The DAX price index followed the Börsen-Zeitung index, which historically extends back to 1959.
Some of the German companies listed in the DAX 30 are Adidas (ADS), Bayer (BAYN), BASF (BAS), Daimler (DAI), Siemens (SIE), Allianz (ALV) and Henkel (HEN). The DAX 30 is used worldwide as a leading index for the German economy and serves as the basis for more than 150,000 financial products. The selection of companies in the DAX index is based on the quantitative criteria of order book volume and free float market capitalization.
The reporting date for collecting data is the last trading day of the month for which the ranking list is created. The ranking list is created and published monthly by Deutsche Börse AG. The index composition of DAX is reviewed every September based on the Regular Exit and Regular Entry rules.
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The Dax index closed up 0.52% on Wednesday at 13,201.89 with resistance 100 points ahead. The German share index has the all-time highs in its sight at 13,800 but a late dip on Wall Street could weigh on the European open.
Asia-Pacific equities are mixed today, a day after their American counterparts fell by more than 1%. In Japan, the Nikkei...
The German DAX index is little changed today as the market assesses the economic situation in Europe and the United...
The Dow Jones declined by more than 330 points yesterday as the sell-off in US equities accelerated. The trend is...
The European stock market is on a high role, and the Dax index confirms it. The German index forms a...
The Hang Seng index is little changed today as traders reflect on the latest vaccine news and the recent trade...
The DAX index is up by more than 0.70% even as Germany considers more restrictions as the new wave of...
The Nikkei 225 index is up by more than 2% as the Japanese blue-chip index continues its strong bull run....