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The Nasdaq Composite (ticker symbol ^IXIC) [2] is a stock market index that includes almost all stocks listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 , it is one of the three most-followed stock market indices in the United States.
On Monday, March 4, 1957, the index was expanded to its current extent of 500 companies and was renamed the S&P 500 Stock Composite Index. [1] In 1962, Ultronic Systems became the compiler of the S&P indices including the S&P 500 Stock Composite Index, the 425 Stock Industrial Index, the 50 Stock Utility Index, and the 25 Stock Rail Index. [20]
The Nasdaq-100 (^NDX [2]) is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. It is a modified capitalization-weighted index .
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
3 This was the Nasdaq's close at the peak on August 27, 1987. 4 This was the Nasdaq's close at the peak on March 10, 2000. 5 This was the Nasdaq's close at the peak on October 31, 2007. 6 The Nasdaq first traded above 5,100 on March 10, 2000; however, it took over 15 years for the Nasdaq to finally close above 5,100.
January 3, 2000: Yahoo stocks close at an all-time high of $475.00 (pre-split price) a share. This price propelled them to the most valuable company in the world at the time. The day before, it hit an intra-day high of $500.13 (pre-split price). [5]
Nasdaq, Inc. is an American multinational financial services corporation that owns and operates three stock exchanges in the United States: the namesake Nasdaq stock exchange, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, and the Boston Stock Exchange, and seven European stock exchanges: Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland, Nasdaq Riga, Nasdaq Stockholm, Nasdaq Tallinn, and Nasdaq Vilnius.
Stock market indices may be categorized by their index weight methodology, or the rules on how stocks are allocated in the index, independent of its stock coverage. For example, the S&P 500 and the S&P 500 Equal Weight each cover the same group of stocks, but the S&P 500 is weighted by market capitalization, while the S&P 500 Equal Weight places equal weight on each constituent.