BBC Global 30

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The BBC Global 30 is a worldwide stock market index, run as a global economic barometer. Started by the BBC on 29 September 2004, it mixes the economic information of 30 of the world's largest companies based in three continents. So far it has proved to be very volatile, as many of the companies have had major gains and losses.

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The companies in the index (since June 2008) are:[1]

Company Country
Arcelor Mittal  France
AT&T  United States
Bank of America  United States
BHP Billiton  Australia
BP  United Kingdom
Canon  Japan
China Mobile  Hong Kong
CNOOC  Hong Kong
Électricité de France  France
Exelon  United States
Exxon Mobil  United States
General Electric  United States
GlaxoSmithKline  United Kingdom
HSBC Holdings  United Kingdom
Johnson & Johnson  United States
Microsoft  United States
Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial  Japan
Monsanto Company  United States
Nestlé  Switzerland
Nokia  Finland
Procter & Gamble  United States
Siemens  Germany
Takeda Pharmaceutical  Japan
Tesco  United Kingdom
Tokyo Electric Power  Japan
Toyota Motor  Japan
Vodafone Group  United Kingdom
Wal-Mart Stores  United States
Woolworths Limited  Australia

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