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What is the Euro STOXX 50 return index? ›

The EURO STOXX 50 Index, Europe's leading blue-chip index for the Eurozone, provides a blue-chip representation of supersector leaders in the region. The index covers 50 stocks from 8 Eurozone countries: Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain.

What is Euro Stoxx 50 Index value today? The current value of Euro Stoxx 50 Index is 4,862.51 EUR — it has risen by 1.06% in the past 24 hours. Track the index more closely on the Euro Stoxx 50 Index chart.

The index is composed of 50 stocks from 11 countries in the Eurozone. EURO STOXX 50 represents Eurozone blue-chip companies considered as leaders in their respective sectors. It is made up of fifty of the largest and most liquid stocks.

An investment in the EURO STOXX 50 can be a wise investment option for someone interested in buying and holding onto their investment for a longer period of time.

What Is STOXX? STOXX, a subsidiary of Deutsche-Borse Group (stock symbol: DBOEF), is a leading provider of market indexes that are representative of European and global markets. Some of the more notable indexes provided by STOXX include Euro Stoxx 50, Stoxx Euro 600, Euro Stoxx 50 ESG, and the Stoxx Global 1800.

The EURO STOXX Quality Dividend 50 Index aims to select 50 high quality, high dividend-paying and low volatility stocks. Starting from an index universe defined by the EURO STOXX Index, a number of less liquid stocks is filtered out.

The EURO STOXX 50 index is a blue-chip index designed to represent the 50 largest companies in the eurozone. The index holds stocks from eight eurozone countries: Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain.

How is EURO STOXX 50 calculated? ›

The largest 40 stocks on the selection list in terms of free-float market cap are selected; the remaining 10 stocks are selected from the largest remaining current stocks ranked between 41 and 60; if the number of stocks selected is still below 50, then the largest remaining stocks are selected until there are 50 ...

About US SPX 500 - Cash

The US SPX 500 is based on a US stock market index that measures 500 of the largest US publicly traded companies, weighted by market capitalisation. These blue-chip stocks fall within many industries and sub-sectors, such as technology, energy, healthcare and engineering.

Euro Stoxx 50 (STOXX50E)

It was designed by Stoxx Ltd to represent a blue-chip leaders sector in the EuroZone. The index covers 50 stocks from 12 Eurozone countries: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.

The EUROSTOXX 50 Index was introduced as a convenient way of benchmarking the performance of the 50 largest companies within the Eurozone listed on stock exchanges. This way, investors know what companies market capital is day by day, helping them to decide what the most fruitful companies to invest in are.

The index limits the weighting of any one member to 10%, but no sector limitations are applied to the index's construction. As such, banking companies dominate the STOXX 50. The index is meant to capture blue chip companies in the region, so the average weighted market cap is large.

The Cboe Eurozone 50 index (Symbol: BEZ50P) aims to represent the performance of the largest 50 European issuers ranked by their full Euro denominated market capitalisation whose primary listing is in Euro.

The Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 is a stock index representing 50 of the largest companies in Europe based on market capitalization. The MSCI EMU Index is a market capitalization-weighted index that represents 10 developed market countries in the European Economic and Monetary Union.

Annual returns

So far in 2024 (YTD), the STOXX Europe 600 index has returned an average 6.61%.