As of February 29, 2012 stock market indices in Europe, Asia, the U.S. and globally were up, according to global index provider STOXX Limited. For the month of February, the Europe, Asia, U.S. and global markets were up 3.90%, 2.93% and 2.54%, respectively. The full performance report is below.
Key global indicators
|
Index |
Index close February 29, 2012 |
Point change MTD |
Performance MTD |
Performance YTD |
|
STOXX Global 3000 Index |
101,32 |
2,51 |
2,54% |
7,70% |
|
Best global supersector in February |
98,07 |
5,48 |
5,92% |
13,34% |
|
Worst global supersector in January |
85,8 |
-0,91 |
-1,05% |
11,57% |
|
STOXX Americas 1200 Index |
107,06 |
2,01 |
1,91% |
6,27% |
|
STOXX Asia 1200 Index |
95,64 |
2,72 |
2,93% |
10,48% |
|
STOXX Europe 600 Index |
264,32 |
9,91 |
3,90% |
8,09% |
|
EURO STOXX 50 Index |
2512,11 |
95,45 |
3,95% |
8,44% |
Regional Indices:
|
Index |
Index close February 29, 2012 |
Point change MTD |
Performance MTD |
Performance YTD |
|
STOXX All Europe 100 Index |
947,08 |
30,07 |
3,28% |
6,81% |
|
STOXX Europe 50 Index |
2476,52 |
54,24 |
2,24% |
4,52% |
The three best and worst performing supersectors from the STOXX Europe 600 Index in Feburary:
|
Index |
Index close February 29, 2012 |
Point change MTD |
Performance MTD |
Performance YTD |
|
Best: |
|
|
|
|
|
STOXX Europe 600 Chemicals Index |
587,29 |
39,63 |
7,24% |
14,44% |
|
STOXX Europe 600 Technology Index |
211,02 |
13,93 |
7,07% |
12,08% |
|
STOXX Europe 600 Automobiles & Parts Index |
334,99 |
21,92 |
7,00% |
29,32% |
|
Worst: |
|
|
|
|
|
STOXX Europe 600 Basic Resources Index |
505,26 |
-1,25 |
-0,25% |
13,84% |
|
SOXX Europe 600 Health Care Index |
428,36 |
-0,63 |
-0,15% |
-1,52% |
|
STOXX Europe 600 Real Estate Index |
109,28 |
0,28 |
0,26% |
5,58% |
Index of the month: STOXX’s “Index-Oscar” for best performing index goes to: DAX
“In light of the recently held 84th Academy Awards, STOXX would like to give out an award to an index, which has recently shown the best performance since its inception,” said Konrad Sippel, executive director and head of global product development, STOXX Limited. “The STOXX Index-Oscar goes to the German blue-chip index DAX, which was up 16,24% at the end of February. This marks the best performance for the first two months of the year in the DAX’s almost 25-year history.”
DAX measures the development of the 30 largest and best-performing companies on the German equities market and represents around 80% of the market capitalization authorized in Germany. As the flagship blue-chip index of Deutsche Boerse and one of the most important equity indices in the world, it serves as an underlying for more than 40,000 financial products and is the third largest underlying for derivatives worldwide. As of July 2010, STOXX is the marketing agent for the indices of Deutsche Boerse AG and SIX Group AG.
