STOXX Ltd., the leading European index provider, today announced the launch of a global REITS index and three sub-indexes for Americas, Asia/Pacific and Europe. The Dow Jones STOXX REITS Indexes track the performance of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and listed property trusts (LPTs) and are designed to underlie investment products.
The Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 REITS Index includes 59 components combining 22 components from the Dow Jones STOXX Americas 600 REITS Index, 25 from the Dow Jones STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 REITS Index and 12 from the Dow Jones STOXX 600 REITS Index. The four new indexes are a subset of the Dow Jones STOXX Global Real Estate Indexes, which are derived from the Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 Index.
The Dow Jones STOXX Global Real Estate index series consists of the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Real Estate Index, Dow Jones STOXX Americas 600 Real Estate Index, Dow Jones STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Real Estate Index, Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 REITS Index, Dow Jones STOXX 600 REITS Index, Dow Jones STOXX Americas 600 REITS Index and Dow Jones STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 REITS Index.
As of June 30, 2007, the Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 REITS Index had an annualized performance of 6.8% since its inception on December 29, 2000. The Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 Index returned an annualized -1.12% in the same time period.
The Dow Jones STOXX REITS Indexes are calculated both in Euro and U.S. Dollar.
Daily historical index values of the Dow Jones STOXX REITS Indexes are available back to December 31, 2000, except for the Dow Jones STOXX 600 REITS index, which has daily historical values available back to December 31, 2006.
The indexes are reviewed quarterly in March, June, September and December.
For further information on the Dow Jones STOXX Global Real Estate indexes please visit www.stoxx.com.
