NYSE Composite

The NYSE Composite is a stock market index, which includes all companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It is published by the transatlantic exchange operator NYSE Euro Next.

Calculation

The NYSE Composite Index is a course in which all corporations, the New York Stock Exchange listed. The Index will be determined solely on the basis of share prices and adjusted only to income from subscription rights and special. The weighting is based on the market capitalization of the companies listed. Corporate actions such as stock splits have no ( distorting ) influence on the index. The calculation is during NYSE trading hours 9:30 to 16:00 local time ( 15:30 to 22:00 CET) updated every second.

History

Historical Overview

The NYSE composite was launched on December 31, 1965 with a base index of 50 points. After recalculating in January 2003, the definition of the index based on the December 31, 2002 was 5,000 points. The NYSE composite was calculated back to closing at 528.69 points after the new method until 31 December 1965. His all-time low was marked by the index calculation on 3 October 1974, when he finished trading with 347.77 points.

On May 6, 1983, the NYSE Composite closed for the first time surpassed the mark of 1,000 points and on 3 July 1997 for the first time over the 5,000 -point mark. The index marked in the following years further record highs. Until 1 September 2000, he rose to a closing level of 7164.55 points, which was an all-time high for half a decade. After the bursting of the speculative bubble in the technology sector ( dot-com bubble ), the stock market barometer fell to a low of 4452.49 points to 9 October 2002. This was a decline from 1 September 2000 to 37.9 per cent.

The October 9, 2002 marked the end of the descent. From autumn 2002, the NYSE Composite began to rise again. On 21 December 2004, the index closed at 7167.03 points above its high of September 2000., The 10,000-point mark for the first time fell on June 1, 2007, when the index closed at 10042.60 points. On 13 July 2007, all companies listed in the Index at 21.991 trillion U.S. dollars, the highest market capitalization in history. On October 12, 2007, the NYSE Composite marked with a closing level of 10301.49 points an all time high. The increase since October 9, 2002 is 131.4 percent.

In the course of the international financial crisis in the U.S. real estate crisis originated in the summer of 2007, the index began to fall again. On 20 November 2008 since 16 April 2003, he graduated with 4651.21 points for the first time below the limit of 5,000 points. At the lowest level since April 21, 1997, the NYSE Composite fell on March 9, 2009, when he finished trading with 4226.31 points. Since the all-time high of October 12, 2007, this represents a decrease of 56.6 percent. The market capitalization of all listed companies in the index was on 9 March 2009 at 8,504 billion U.S. dollars and a decrease of 61.4 per cent as at 13 July 2007.

The March 9, 2009 marked the end of the descent. From the spring of 2009, the stock market index has again recovered strongly. Until February 18, 2011, he rose by 101.3 percent to a closing level of 8507.90 points. The slowdown in the global economy and the intensification of the euro crisis led to a fall in the stock index. On 3 October 2011, the NYSE Composite ended trading at 6571.45 points. The loss since its peak on 18 February 2011 is 22.8 percent.

The announcement of new bond purchase programs of the European Central Bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve in principle unlimited extent led to a recovery of prices in the stock market. The monetary stimulus played a greater role in price formation, as the global economic slowdown and the position of the company. On 10 January 2013, the index closed at 8713.75 points, up by 32.6 per cent as on October 3, 2011.

Highs

The overview shows the all-time highs of the NYSE Composite.

Milestones

The table shows the milestones of the NYSE Composite.

Annual development

The table shows the development of the NYSE Composite.