LuxX Index

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The LuxX Index is the main stock market index of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, the stock exchange based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The LuxX is a weighted index of the eleven most valuable listed stocks by free floated market capitalisation (ten until the collapse of Fortis in 2008 and the addition of two new listings).[1] The index was fixed at 1,000 on 4 January 1999: the first day of trading after Luxembourg adopted the euro.[1] The ten companies currently included in the listing are:

Company Industry Country Weighting[2]
Arcelor Mittal Steel  LUX 19.66%
BIP Investment Partners Investment  LUX 2.75%
Dexia Banking  BEL 3.52%
Foyer Insurance  LUX 0.95%
KBC Group Banking  BEL 10.19%
Luxempart Investment  LUX 4.07%
Reinet Investments Investment  LUX 17.78%
RTL Group Media  LUX 15.55%
SES Telecommunications  LUX 20.54%
Socfinasia Resource extraction  LUX 5.00%
Source: Luxembourg Stock Exchange, as of 13 February 2011

[edit] Historical quotes

Year end Close Annual change (%)
Start 1,000 -
1999 1,397 increase +39.7%
2000 1,388 decrease –0.7%
2001 1,116 decrease –19.6%
2002 790 decrease –29.2%
2003 1,019 increase +29.0%
2004 1,292 increase +26.8%
2005 1,637 increase +26.7%
2006 2,177 increase +33.0%
2007 2,419 increase +11.1%
2008 981 decrease –59.4%
2009 1,372 increase +40.0%
2010 1,542 increase +12.4%
Source: Luxembourg Stock Exchange

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