Index

1. Securities prices - summary information.

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. Financial data - summaries.

A comparable measure in relation to any set of financial data.

For example, inflation indices or interest rate indices.

3. Data - summaries.

A comparable measure in relation to any set of data.

See also

• Bond market index
• Composite indices
• DAX
• Equity swap
• Euro Stoxx 50
• Exchange-traded funds
• FTSE 100
• Herfindahl index
• Index method
• Index tracker
• iTraxx
• MSCI
• S&P 500
• Security
• Statistics
• Tracker fund
• USDX