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* [[Exchange-traded funds]]
* [[Exchange-traded funds]]
* [[FTSE 100]]
* [[FTSE 100]]
* [[MCSI]]
* [[MSCI]]
* [[S&P 500]]
* [[S&P 500]]
* [[Statistics]]
* [[Statistics]]
* [[Tracker fund]]
* [[Tracker fund]]

Revision as of 17:26, 13 April 2016

1.

A number showing the variation in price of a group of securities with respect to a chosen base period.

Indices may be calculated as arithmetical or geometric averages and individual components may be weighted, for example by market capitalisation.

For example the FTSE 100 or the S&P 500.


2.

A comparable measure in relation to any set of data.

For example, inflation indices.


See also