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CFD Index Name Changes
Index Tracker CFD and Stock Index names will be changing. Contract symbols, however, will remain the same. This change will be automatically applied to your trading platform and any open positions. Any workspaces saved with these instruments will also be automatically updated.
Contract Symbol New Name Old name ASXSP200.I Australia 200 ASX S&P 200 Index DEN20.I Denmark 20 Denmark Top 20 STOXX50E.I EU Stocks 50 Dow Jones EuroStoxx 50 Index CAC40.I France 40 CAC 40 Index MDAX.I Germany Mid-Cap 50 MDAX Index DAX.I Germany 30 DAX Index SPMIB.I Italy 40 S&P/MIB 40 Index NI225.I Japan 225 Nikkei 225 Index AEX.I Netherlands 25 AEX Index IBEX35.I Spain 35 IBEX 35 Index SWE30.I Sweden 30 Sweden Top 30 SMI.I Switzerland 20 SMI Index FTSE100.I UK 100 FTSE 100 Index NAS100.I US Tech 100 NAS Nasdaq 100 Index DJI.I US 30 Wall Street Dow Jones Index SP500.I US SPX500 S&P 500 Index -
Whats Hot and Not 6-4-09
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The Resurgent NASDAQ
Technology is back and large cap technology is helping to lead the recent rebound in equities.
Even after a four week rally, 2009 has been mostly a sea of red. In fact, the two headline indices, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 index, are down 8.65% and 6.73% so far in 2009. Neither large caps nor small caps are performing particularly well, with the large cap S&P 100 (OEX) down 8.27% and the small cap Russell 2000 (RUT) down 8.67% year to date.
The technology-heavy NASDAQ has been a very different story, with both the NASDAQ composite index (+2.84%) and NASDAQ-100 (+8.63%) in the green.
In the chart of the week below, I have highlighted the NASDAQ-100 index (NDX), which closed at its highest level since early November on Friday, following a strong earnings report and increased guidance from Research in Motion (RIMM). The NDX is a weighted index of the largest 100 companies in the NASDAQ, as measured by market capitalization. As such, the largest weightings read like a who’s who list of large technology companies: Microsoft (MSFT); Google (GOOG); Cisco (CSCO); Apple (AAPL); Oracle (ORCL); Intel (INTC); Qualcomm (QCOM); etc.
Whether or not the resurgent NDX can continue to rally and retrace its steep drop from September and October will go a long way toward determining if the broader markets will be able to gain enough momentum to also finish 2009 in the green.
source: StockCharts
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