NASDAQ

The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated

Quotations) is an American stock exchange. It is the largest electronic screen-based
equity securities trading market in the United States. With approximately 3,200
companies, it has more trading volume per hour than any other stock exchange in the
world.
The NASDAQ-100 is a stock market index of 100 of the largest domestic and
international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange, it is a
modified market value-weighted index; the companies weight in the index are based on
their market capitalization, with certain rules capping the influence of the largest
components. It does not contain financial companies, and includes companies
incorporated outside the United States; both of these factors differentiate this index from
the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial .

DAX
DAX 30 (Deutscher Aktien IndeX 30, formerly Deutscher Aktien-Index 30 (German stock
index) is a blue chip stock market index consisting of the 30 major German companies
trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Prices are taken from the electronic Xetra
trading system. According to Deutsche Boerse, the operator of Xetra, DAX measures the
performance of the Prime Standard’s 30 largest German companies in terms of order
book volume and market capitalization.

German public companies are 156 in number which are listed in Frankfurt Stock
Exchange in addition to that many non-german companies are also listed in Frankfurt
Stock Exchange.

Dow Jones Industrial Average

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DJI, also called the DJIA, Dow 30, INDP,
or informally the Dow Jones or The Dow) is one of several stock market indices
It is an index that shows how certain stocks have traded.[1] Dow compiled the index to
gauge the performance of the industrial sector of the American stock market.
The average is computed from the stock prices of 30 of the largest and most widely held
public companies in the United States.

Number of listed companies in NYSE is 2297

NIKKEI 225
Nikkei 225 (日経平均株価 Nikkei heikin kabuka?, 日経 225) is a stock market index for
the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). It has been calculated daily by the Nihon Keizai
Shimbun (Nikkei) newspaper since 1950. It is a price-weighted average (the unit is Yen),
and the components are reviewed once a year. Currently, the Nikkei is the most widely
quoted average of Japanese equities
The Nikkei 225 began to be calculated on September 7, 1950, retroactively calculated
back to May 16, 1949.
Tokyo Stock Exchange had 2,414 listed companies with a combined market capitalization
of $4.3 trillion.

Hang Seng Index:

The Hang Seng Index (abbreviated: HSI) is a freefloat-adjusted market capitalization-
weighted stock market index in Hong Kong. It is used to record and monitor daily
changes of the largest companies of the Hong Kong stock market and is the main
indicator of the overall market performance in Hong Kong. These 45 companies represent
about 67% of capitalization of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

HSI was started on November 24, 1969, and is currently compiled and maintained by
HSI Services Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hang Seng Bank, the
largest bank registered and listed in Hong Kong in terms of market capitalisation. It is
responsible for compiling, publishing and managing the Hang Seng Index and a range of
other stock indexes, such as Hang Seng China AH Index Series, Hang Seng China
Enterprises Index, Hang Seng China H-Financials Index, Hang Seng Composite Index
Series, Hang Seng Freefloat Index Series and Hang Seng Total Return Index Series

. As of 30 june 2008, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange had 1,254 listed companies with a
combined market capitalization of $3.7 trillion.

FTSE 100 Index

The FTSE 100 Index is a share index of the 100 most highly capitalised UK companies
listed on the London Stock Exchange. The index began on 3 January 1984 with a base
level of 1000; the highest value reached to date is 6950.6, on 30 December 1999.

3251 companies are listed on london stock exchange in june 2008.

FTSE 100 companies represent about 81% of the market capitalisation of the whole
London Stock Exchange. Even though the FTSE All-Share Index is more comprehensive,
the FTSE 100 is by far the most widely used UK stock market indicator
WORLD FAMOUS STOCK
EXCHANGES AND THEIR INDICES.
New York Stock Exchange

By SYED TARIQ AHMED

M.P.A (PREVIOUS)