STOXX
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STOXX Ltd. is owned by Deutsche Börse
AG and SIX Group AG. The first STOXX indices, were launched in February 1998: the EURO STOXX 50 Index and the STOXX Europe 50 Index.
STOXX Ltd. operates as a globally integrated index provider, covering the world markets – developing, maintaining, distributing and marketing a comprehensive global family of strictly rules-based and transparent indices.
The STOXX Indices are licensed by STOXX Ltd. to financial institution
s and other users for the use with Exchange Traded Funds
(ETFs), mutual funds, futures & options, structured product
s and for other purposes. Currently historical index data can be downloaded from STOXX’ website for internal informational purposes.
as well as Asia/Pacific, the Americas and Global markets.
Deutsche Börse
Deutsche Börse AG is a marketplace organizer for the trading of shares and other securities. It also is a transaction services provider. It gives companies and investors access to global capital markets. It is a joint stock company and was founded in 1993. The headquarters are in Frankfurt,...
AG and SIX Group AG. The first STOXX indices, were launched in February 1998: the EURO STOXX 50 Index and the STOXX Europe 50 Index.
STOXX Ltd. operates as a globally integrated index provider, covering the world markets – developing, maintaining, distributing and marketing a comprehensive global family of strictly rules-based and transparent indices.
The STOXX Indices are licensed by STOXX Ltd. to financial institution
Financial institution
In financial economics, a financial institution is an institution that provides financial services for its clients or members. Probably the most important financial service provided by financial institutions is acting as financial intermediaries...
s and other users for the use with Exchange Traded Funds
Exchange-traded fund
An exchange-traded fund is an investment fund traded on stock exchanges, much like stocks. An ETF holds assets such as stocks, commodities, or bonds, and trades close to its net asset value over the course of the trading day. Most ETFs track an index, such as the S&P 500 or MSCI EAFE...
(ETFs), mutual funds, futures & options, structured product
Structured product
In finance, a structured product, also known as a market linked investment, is generally a pre-packaged investment strategy based on derivatives, such as a single security, a basket of securities, options, indices, commodities, debt issuance and/or foreign currencies, and to a lesser extent, swaps...
s and for other purposes. Currently historical index data can be downloaded from STOXX’ website for internal informational purposes.
Index Family
The STOXX Index families represent a wide range of stocks covering different market segments and different investment strategies. On a regional level the indices cover Europe, the Eurozone and Eastern EuropeEastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
as well as Asia/Pacific, the Americas and Global markets.