The Europe Dow Closes May Down 13.08% According To Dow Jones Indexes - The Europe Dow Component Stocks Closed May In Negative Territory

The Europe Dow, an equal-weighted index that measures 30 of the region’s leading blue-chip stocks, loss 13.08% in May, according to data compiled by Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider.

All 30 component stocks in The Europe Dow closed the month in negative territory.

The index’s best three performers for May were Vodafone Group PLC (Great Britain), which closed down 3.83%. Shares of GlaxoSmithKline PLC (Great Britain) and Diageo PLC (Great Britain), down 4.35% and 5.46%, respectively. Telefonica S.A (Spain), which fell 24.17%, was The Europe Dow’s worst-performing stock in May.

By comparison, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended May down 6.21%, The Asia Dow fell 10.32% and The Global Dow loss 10.17%. The Asia Dow is an equal-weighted, 30-stock index that measures leading blue-chips traded in the Asia/Pacific region; The Global Dow measures the performance of 150 leading companies from around the world.

For April 2012, The Europe Dow closed down 4.14%.

The Europe Dow, The Asia Dow and The Global Dow track leading blue-chip companies according to the same underlying principles as the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Stocks in The Europe Dow, The Asia Dow and The Global Dow are weighted equally; The Dow Jones Industrial Average uses a price-weighted methodology.

All index and component performance values are based on price returns/USD.

Below, please find a list of The Europe Dow’s 30 stocks and their May 2012 performances: