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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]
On 1 November 2017, the index rose to 6,005.50, passing 6000 points for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. On 10 January 2020, the index closed above 7000 points for the first time. On 1 March 2024, the index closed above 8000 points for the first time.
The major market index is the S&P/ASX 200, an index made up of the top 200 shares in the ASX. This supplanted the previously significant All Ordinaries index, which still runs parallel to the S&P ASX 200. Both are commonly quoted together. Other indices for the bigger stocks are the S&P/ASX 100 and S&P/ASX 50.
The S&P/ASX 50 Index is a stock market index of Australian stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange from Standard & Poor's. It is a part of the S&P Global 1200 . While the "ASX 50" often simply refers to the 50 largest companies by market capitalisation , the S&P/ASX 50 Index is calculated by using the S&P Dow Jones Indices market ...
EURO STOXX 50 – 50 large blue chip companies in the Eurozone; STOXX Europe 600; ... S&P/ASX 200; S&P/ASX 300; MVIS® Australia Equal Weight Index;
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From their peaks in October 2007 until their closing lows in early March 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 all suffered declines of over 50%, marking the worst stock market crash since the Great Depression era. [16] [17] Financial crisis of 2007–2008: 16 Sep 2008 USA
As the price of mining shares grew, new companies were listed by promoters hoping to cash in. From October to December 1969 the ASX All Mining index rose by 44%. Mining stocks peaked in January 1970, then immediately crashed. Poseidon shares peaked at an intraday high of $280 in February 1970, and fell rapidly thereafter. [3]