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S&P 500 Futures (ticker: SP) contract's minimum tick is 0.25 index points = $62.50. While the performance bond requirements vary from broker to broker, the CME requires $11,500 to maintain the position. [2] E-Mini S&P 500 Futures (ticker: ES) contract's minimum tick is 0.25 index points = $12.50 [1]
The contract was introduced by the CME on September 9, 1997, after the value of the existing S&P contract (then valued at 500 times the index, or over $500,000 at the time) became too large for many small traders. The E-mini quickly became the most popular equity index futures contract in the world.
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]
Invest in an S&P 500 Index Fund. Index funds are mutual funds that mimic the performance of a particular stock index. Index funds are similar to ETFs, but there are differences. As mentioned ...
An E-mini future symbol is formed by starting with the root symbol and adding the expiration month letter (the same as for futures) and the last digit of the expiration year. For example, the E-mini S&P 500 expiring in December 2012 has the symbol ESZ2.
(Reuters) -S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures inched higher on Thursday, aided by strong quarterly results from Bank of America, while investors awaited economic data that could offer insights into the ...
The S&P 500 contains about 500 stocks of America’s top companies, and each share of an index fund gets investors indirect ownership of all the companies – all at one low annual fee.
A Refinitiv Instrument Code, [1] previously Reuters Instrument Code (RIC), is a ticker-like code used by Refinitiv to identify financial instruments and indices. The codes are used for looking up information on various Refinitiv financial information networks (such as Refinitiv Real Time) and appear to have developed from the Quotron service purchased in the 1980s.