Germany 40 index

The Germany 40 stands for the Deutscher Aktien Index. It’s also known as the GER40. It’s one of the most influential stock indices in the European markets. It represents the 40 most valuable companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The Germany 40 history dates back to July 1988, when the index was launched. It has since been a rock-solid barometer for the health of the German economy. It used to be known as the Germany 30, as the index used to consist of 30 publicly listed companies with the greatest free-float market capitalisation. As of September 2021, this became 40 constituents as part of wide-ranging tweaks to the index’s listing criteria. The Germany 40 is comprised of companies across a host of sectors, namely chemicals, industrials, automotives and pharmaceuticals.

When the Germany 30 first launched in July 1988 it was trading at a price of 1,163 points. During the ‘Dotcom Boom’ around the time of the new millennium, the price of the Germany 40 (DE40) peaked at just over 7,500 points. It retracted to around 2,366 points in March 2003, before recovering quickly in the mid-2000s, reaching new highs of a touch under 8,000 points by the end of 2007.

The dawn of the global financial crash in 2008 saw the Germany 40 share price plummet once again, falling to lows of around 3,800 points by March 2009. The following decade was almost one-way traffic upwards, with the Germany 40 even recovering swiftly after the immediate aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, scaling all-time highs of around 15,800 points in mid-to-late 2021.

Există și alți indici bursieri care pot servi drept reper pentru economia mai largă a Uniunii Europene (UE).

FRA40 este un alt indice bursier influent. Acesta măsoară, ponderat după capitalizarea de piață, valoarea celor mai valoroase 40 de acțiuni listate la bursa Euronext Paris. Printre cele mai cunoscute nume din FRA40 se numără L'Oreal, Renault și Pernod Ricard.

UK100 este la fel de influent, acest indice bursier prezentând primele 100 de companii listate la Bursa de Valori din Londra. UK100 poate să nu mai fie un barometru la fel de relevant pentru economia UE după ieșirea Marii Britanii din uniune, însă rămâne un indice esențial pentru marile conglomerate europene.