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The ASX 200 was started on 31 March 2000 with a value of 3133.3, [3] equal to the value of the All Ordinaries at that date. The ASX 200 reached 6,000 points for the first time on Thursday 15 February 2007. [4] On 22 December 2017, the ASX 200 was 6,069. [5] The ASX 200 crossed the 7,000 points level for the first time on 16 January 2020. [6]
The ASX maintains stock indexes concerning stocks traded on the exchange in conjunction with Standard & Poor's. There is a hierarchy of index groups called the S&P/ASX 20, S&P/ASX 50, S&P/ASX 100, S&P/ASX 200 and S&P/ASX 300, notionally containing the 20, 50, 100, 200 and 300 largest companies listed on the exchange, subject to some qualifications.
It is made up of the share prices for 500 of the largest companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). [2] The market capitalisation of the companies included in the All Ords index amounts to over 95% of the value of all shares listed on the ASX. The 3-letter exchange ticker in Australia for the All Ordinaries is "XAO".
In South Korea, the Kospi gained 1.2% to 2,558.13, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 shed 1.2% to 8,141.10. In Europe, Germany’s DAX surged 3.2% by midday as the prospective partners in the country’s next government said they want to loosen rules on limiting debt to allow for higher defense spending, an issue that has gained urgency given the ...
The S&P 500 fell 1.2% to 5,778.15, with more than 80% of the stocks in the benchmark index closing lower. The Dow slid 1.6% to 42,520.99. The Nasdaq composite slipped 0.4% to 18,285.16.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index edged 0.2% higher to 37,418.24. In South Korea, the Kospi gained 1.2% to 2,558.13, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 shed 1.2% to 8,141.10. On Tuesday, U.S. stocks racked up more losses on Wall Street as the trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners escalated.
[65] [66] On 21 February, stock markets worldwide closed down on the day (with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ Composite, and S&P 500 closing down on the week), [67] [68] [69] while oil prices fell and yields on 10-year and 30-year U.S. Treasury securities fell to 1.45% and 1.89% respectively (with the 30-year finish being an all ...
On 17 May 2019 the shares closed on the ASX at $3.56 up from a twelve-month low of $2.547 per share [98] In February 2014, Telstra raised its dividend from 14c to 14.5c per share. [99] Amid the global pandemic crisis of the coronavirus in 2020, Telstra was one of three companies of the ASX 200 to gain in the week starting 15 March.