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The NASDAQ Biotechnology Index is a stock market index made up of securities of NASDAQ-listed companies classified according to the Industry Classification Benchmark as either the Biotechnology or the Pharmaceutical industry. [1] A list of the 225 components of the index is published online.
The following table lists the largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies ranked by market capitalization in billion US dollars. The change column indicates the company's relative position in this list compared to their relative position in the preceding year; i.e., an increase would be moving closer to rank 1 and vice versa.
The Nasdaq Stock Market (/ ˈ n æ z d æ k / ⓘ; National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American stock exchange based in New York City.It is the most active stock trading venue in the U.S. by volume, [3] and ranked second on the list of stock exchanges by market capitalization of shares traded, behind the New York Stock Exchange. [4]
E-mini NASDAQ biotechnology futures (ticker: BIO) contract's tick is .25 index point =$5.00 [3] While the performance bond requirements vary from broker to broker, the CME requires equity ranging from $3,000-$3,750 to maintain the position.
Nasdaq Composite; Closing milestones of the Nasdaq Composite; List of largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average; List of largest daily changes in the S&P 500 Index; List of largest daily changes in the Russell 2000; List of stock market crashes and bear markets
After the Dow and the S&P 500 topped key levels last week, the Nasdaq moved above 4,000 for the first time in 13 years. But like the other indexes, its rally ran out of steam.
Index funds that attempt to track the Nasdaq Composite include Fidelity Investments' FNCMX mutual fund [4] and ONEQ [5] [6] exchange-traded fund. Invesco offers the Nasdaq: QQQ exchange-traded fund, which matches the performance of the Nasdaq-100, a different index which tracks 100 of the largest non-financial companies in the Nasdaq Composite and is 90% correlated with the Nasdaq Composite.
The Nasdaq-100 is frequently confused with the Nasdaq Composite Index. The latter index (often referred to simply as "The Nasdaq") includes the stock of every company that is listed on Nasdaq (more than 3,000 altogether). [citation needed] The Nasdaq-100 is a modified capitalization-weighted index. This particular methodology was created in ...