FTSE and Mondo Visione welcome NZX and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to the FTSE/MV Exchange Index.
- The FTSE/MV Exchanges Index began on 17th August 2001, jointly created by FTSE Group and Mondo Visione, publisher of the Handbook of World Stock, Derivative and Commodity Exchanges
- The FTSE/MV Exchanges Index started with a base value of 5000 points
- The high of the index was on 17th June 2003 when it reached 6279.48 points, the low of the index was on 21st September 2001 when it reached 3729.89 points
- The FTSE/MV Exchanges Index was the first index to track the performance of listed exchanges and is designed to measure the progress of the rapidly developing exchanges sector
- To be eligible for the index an exchange must be listed on a stock exchange and meet FTSE's standard free float requirements.
- At launch the index had 7 constituents, today there are 12 constituents.
Constituents as of July 2003 are:
| Constituent |
% Weight in Index (as at
11.07.03) |
| Australian Stock Exchange plc |
5.3% |
| Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
3.0% |
| Deutsche Boerse AG |
37.2% |
| Euronext |
17.6% |
| Hellenic Exchanges SA |
1.4% |
| Hong Kong Exchanges and
Clearing Ltd |
9.8% |
| London Stock Exchange plc |
10.4% |
| New Zealand Stock Exchange |
0.2% |
| OM AB |
4.9% |
| SFE Corp |
1.8% |
| Singapore Exchange Ltd |
5.1% |
| TSX Group |
3.2% |
- Index values can be accessed from Reuters terminals or from the FTSE Press Office, Tel: 020 7448 1821 or email: media@ftse.com
- The FTSE/MV Exchanges Index is calculated in real-time and is overseen by the FTSE Index Review Board
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