What is ASX
The ASX Market refers to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), which is the primary stock exchange in Australia. It is a marketplace where stocks, bonds, derivatives, commodities, and other financial instruments are bought and sold.
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
When was the S&P/ASX 200 launched?
3 April 2000
Upon launch, it replaced the All Ordinaries to become Australia's primary investment benchmark and is used as the basis of multiple index products (e.g.VIX & SPI 200 Futures)
Australia's Top 8 companies by market capitalization (not S&P constituents).
What are ASX Trading Symbols?
XJO, ^AXJO and INDEXASX:XJO.
What is ASX historical return?
Since inception, the index has returned 4.02% p.a. excluding dividends and 8.44% including dividends (November 2024).
What is ASX Accumulation total return?
The S&P/ASX 200 Index does not include dividends.
The S&P/ASX 200 Gross Total Return Index (XJT) includes all cash dividends reinvested on the ex-dividend date. It's calculated every minute, unlike the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index (XJOA) which is end-of-day only. Both are used as a performance benchmark for managed funds and portfolio returns.
The S&P/ASX 200 Net Total Return Index (XNT) includes all cash dividends reinvested on the ex-dividend date after the deduction of a 30% withholding tax (not applied to fully franked dividends).
ASX Rebalances
Rebalances occur quarterly in March, June, September and December.
A five panel "Index Committee" rebalance the ASX 200 to ensure listing criteria and liquidity are maintained.
There was 1 addition and 1 deletion in the December 2024 rebalance. See a list of historical rebalance announcements.
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The S&P/ASX200 closed lower Tuesday, dropping 75.90 points or 0.92% to 8,159.10. The bottom performing stocks in this index were JB HI-FI LIMITED and CAR GROUP LIMITED, down 4.09% and 3.20% respectively. The index has lost 0.75% for the last five days, but has gained 7.49% over the last 52 weeks. Click here to see today's ASX.
Wrap Up
The ASX is now different from any other Stock Exchange, SAME RULES APPLY. I have no experience on the ASX and generally only trade on U.S. Stock Exchanges. But regardless, always do your own research before investing in any stock.
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