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The ASX 200 is capitalisation-weighted, meaning a company's contribution to the index is relative to its total market value i.e., share price multiplied by the number of tradeable shares. The ASX 200 is also float adjusted, meaning the absolute numerical contribution to the index is relative to the stock's value at the float of the stock. [12]
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".
Today, ASX has an average daily turnover of A$4.685 billion and a market capitalisation of around A$1.6 trillion, making it one of the world's top 20 listed exchange groups, and the largest in the southern hemisphere. ASX Clear is the clearing house for all shares, structured products, warrants and ASX Equity Derivatives.
The Australian Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (commonly abbreviated to CHESS) is an electronic book entry register of holdings of approved securities that facilitates the transfer and settlement of share market transactions between CHESS participants (including stockbrokers on behalf of their clients, and large institutional investors on their own behalf) as well as speed up the ...
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 ...
1940: J. J. Price, Newcastle Stock Exchange chairman, suspended all meetings until after the Second World War. 1947: Meetings recommenced. 1985: Meetings ceased. 2000: The Newcastle Stock Exchange was re-established. 2005: Acquired the Bendigo Stock Exchange (now called IR Plus Securities Exchange), including the operation of the BSX Taxi Market
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]