DAX
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Foundation | 1 July 1988 |
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Operator | Deutsche Börse |
Exchanges | Frankfurt Stock Exchange |
Constituents | 30 |
Type | Large cap |
Market cap | €1018 billion (Aug 2014)[1] |
Weighting method | Capitalization-weighted |
Related indices | MDAX, SDAX, TecDAX, ÖkoDAX |
Website | DAX homepage |
The DAX (Deutscher Aktienindex (German stock index)) is a blue chip stock market index consisting of the 30 major German companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Prices are taken from the Xetra trading venue. According to Deutsche Börse, the operator of Xetra, DAX measures the performance of the Prime Standard’s 30 largest German companies in terms of order book volume and market capitalization.[2] It is the equivalent of the FT 30 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and because of its small selection it does not necessarily represent the vitality of the economy as whole.
The L-DAX Index is an indicator of the German benchmark DAX index's performance after the Xetra trading venue closes based on the floor trading at the Börse Frankfurt trading venue. The L-DAX Index basis is the "floor" trade (Parketthandel) at the Frankfurt stock exchange; it is computed daily between 09:00 and 17:45 Hours CET. The L/E-DAX index (Late/Early DAX) is calculated from 17:45 to 20:00 CET and from 08:00 to 09:00 CET. The Eurex, a European electronic futures and options exchange based in Zürich, Switzerland with a subsidiary in Frankfurt, Germany, offers options (ODAX) and Futures (FDAX) on the DAX from 08:00 to 22:00 CET.
The Base date for the DAX is 30 December 1987 and it was started from a base value of 1,000. The Xetra technology calculates the index after every 1 second since 1 January 2006.
Versions
The DAX has two versions, called performance index and price index, depending on whether dividends are counted. The performance index is the more commonly quoted, however the price index is more similar to commonly quoted indexes in other countries.
Price history
On March 16, 2015, the performance index first closed above 12,000.[3] On April 10, 2015, the price index first closed above its closing high from 2000.
Record values
Type | Date | Value |
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Closing high | 10 April 2015 | 12,374.73 |
Intraday high | 10 April 2015 | 12,390.75 |
Components
A list of the current DAX companies, as of the quarterly review effective on 21 September 2015.
Company | Prime Standard industry group | Ticker symbol | Index weighting (%)1 | Employees | |
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Adidas | Clothing | ADS | 1.85 | 53,731 |
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Allianz | Insurance | ALV | 7.82 | 147,627 |
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BASF | Chemicals | BAS | 7.77 | 113,292 |
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Bayer | Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals | BAYN | 10.03 | 118,888 |
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Beiersdorf | Consumer goods and Chemicals | BEI | 0.91 | 17,398 |
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BMW | Manufacturing | BMW | 3.46 | 116,324 |
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Commerzbank | Banking | CBK | 1.29 | 52,103 |
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Continental | Manufacturing | CON | 2.61 | 190,000 |
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Daimler | Manufacturing | DAI | 9.06 | 279,972 |
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Deutsche Bank | Banking | DBK | 4.11 | 98,138 |
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Deutsche Börse | Securities | DB1 | 1.76 | 4,540 |
Deutsche Lufthansa | Transport Aviation | LHA | 0.68 | 118,781 | |
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Deutsche Post | Logistics | DPW | 2.85 | 488,824 |
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Deutsche Telekom | Communications | DTE | 6.13 | 228,248 |
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E.ON | Energy | EOAN | 1.89 | 58,530 |
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Fresenius | Medical | FRE | 3.22 | 216,275 |
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Fresenius Medical Care | Medical | FME | 1.92 | 105,917 |
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HeidelbergCement | Building | HEI | 1.15 | 44,900 |
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Henkel | Consumer goods and chemicals | HEN3 | 1.96 | 49,750 |
File:Infineon.svg | Infineon Technologies | Semiconductors | IFX | 1.38 | 29,807 |
File:K+S.svg | K+S | Chemicals | SDF | 0.80 | 14,295 |
File:Linde.svg | Linde | Industrial gases | LIN | 3.14 | 65,591 |
File:Merck-KGaA-Logo-2015.svg | Merck | Pharmaceuticals | MRK | 1.31 | 39,639 |
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Munich Re | Insurance | MUV2 | 3.03 | 43,316 |
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RWE | Energy | RWE | 0.66 | 59,784 |
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SAP | Software | SAP | 6.62 | 74,406 |
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Siemens | Industrial, electronics | SIE | 7.93 | 343,000 |
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ThyssenKrupp | Industrial, manufacturing | TKA | 0.94 | 154,906 |
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Volkswagen Group | Manufacturing | VOW3 | 3.21 | 592,586 |
Vonovia | real estate | VNA | unknown | 5,900 |
^Note 1 : Weightings accurate on 21 September 2015. Source: de:DAX.
Former components of DAX
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Following table lists the former components of DAX and the ones replaced them.
Date | Component excluded | Component included | Reason for exclusion/ Comments |
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03.09.1990 | Feldmühle Nobel | Metallgesellschaft | Takeover of Feldmühle Nobel by Stora Enso |
Nixdorf Germany | Preussag (now TUI) | Merged with Siemens to form Siemens-Nixdorf | |
18.09.1995 | Deutsche Babcock | SAP | Replaced by SAP because of lower market capitalisation |
22.07.1996 | Kaufhof | METRO | Merger of Kaufhof and Metro Cash & Carry |
23.09.1996 | Continental | Münchener Rück | Continental was added back to the DAX on 22 September 2003, though it was demoted again in 2008 and added back again in 2012 |
18.11.1996 | Metallgesellschaft | Deutsche Telekom | IPO of Deutsche Telekom |
22.06.1998 | Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechselbank |
adidas | Merger of Vereinsbank and Hypobank to form HypoVereinsbank |
Bayerische Vereinsbank | HypoVereinsbank | ||
21.12.1998 | Daimler-Benz | DaimlerChrysler (now Daimler) |
Merger of Daimler-Benz with Chrysler |
22.03.1999 | Degussa | Degussa-Hüls | Merger of Degussa AG with Hüls AG and renaming to Degussa-Hüls AG |
25.03.1999 | Thyssen | ThyssenKrupp | Merger of Thyssen and Krupp |
20.09.1999 | Hoechst | Fresenius Medical Care | Merger of Hoechst and Rhône-Poulenc with Aventis |
14.02.2000 | Mannesmann | Epcos | Takeover of Mannesmann by Vodafone |
19.06.2000 | Veba | E.ON | Merger of Veba and Viag to form E.ON |
VIAG | Infineon | ||
18.12.2000 | Degussa-Hüls | Degussa | Merger of Degussa-Hüls AG and SKW Trostberg AG to new Degussa AG |
19.03.2001 | KarstadtQuelle | Deutsche Post | IPO of Deutsche Post |
23.07.2001 | Dresdner Bank | MLP Vz. | Takeover of Dresdner Bank by Allianz |
23.09.2002 | Degussa | Altana | Inadequate market capitalisation |
23.12.2002 | Epcos | Deutsche Börse | Fast-exit of Epcos, as Epcos' market capitalisation became inadequate.[4] |
22.09.2003 | MLP | Continental | Inadequate free float and market capitalisation. |
31.01.2005 | Lanxess | Lanxess was spun off from Bayer. In 2012, Lanxess was added back in DAX again. | |
01.02.2005 | Lanxess | ||
19.12.2005 | HypoVereinsbank | Hypo Real Estate | Takeover of HypoVereinsbank by UniCredit |
18.09.2006 | Schering | Postbank | Takeover of Schering by Bayer |
18.06.2007 | Altana | Merck | After the sale of Nycomed, inadequate market capitalisation[5] |
22.09.2008 | TUI | K+S | Fast-entry of K+S, inadequate market capitalisation of TUI[6] |
22.12.2008 | Continental | Beiersdorf | Fast-exit of Continental because of inadequate free-float market capitalisation after the acquisition by Schaeffler Group |
22.12.2008 | Hypo Real Estate | Salzgitter | Fast-exit of Hypo Real Estate because of inadequate free-float market capitalisation after a stake by American investor JC Flowers, as well as huge decline in market capitalisation during the Financial crisis of 2007–2010 |
23.03.2009 | Deutsche Postbank | Hannover Re | Fast-exit due to inadequate market capitalisation[7] |
Infineon Technologies | Fresenius Vz | ||
21.09.2009 | Hannover Re | Infineon Technologies | Inadequate market capitalisation |
21.06.2010 | Salzgitter | HeidelbergCement | Inadequate market capitalisation |
24.09.2012 | MAN | Continental | Inadequate free-float capitalisation after acquisition by Volkswagen |
24.09.2012 | Metro | Lanxess | Inadequate market capitalisation |
21.09.2015 | Lanxess | Vonovia | Inadequate market capitalisation |
21.03.2016 | K+S | ProSiebenSat.1 Media | Inadequate market capitalisation |
See also
- CDAX, every listed German company
- HDAX, the top 110 companies by market capitalisation (successor to DAX 100, and equivalent of the FTSE 100 or the S&P 100)
- MDAX, the top 50 companies after the DAX
- SDAX, the next 50 companies
- TecDAX, top 30 companies trading in the "new economy"
- ÖkoDAX, top 10 companies in renewable energy
References
- ^ "Factsheet DAX" (PDF). Deutsche Börse. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ DAX
- ^ Dax breaks 12,000 barrier - FT.com
- ^ Deutsche Börse: Deutsche Börse ab dem 23. Dezember im DAX Pressemitteilung, 12. November 2002
- ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Merck ersetzt Altana im DAX
- ^ Deutsche Börse: K+S ersetzt TUI in DAX Pressemitteilung, 3 September 2008
- ^ Deutsche Börse: [1] Pressemitteilung, 18 March 2009
External links
- Reuters page for .GDAXI
- DAX homepage
- Bloomberg page for DAX:IND
- DAX 30 Profile at Wikinvest
- DAX MOBILE
- DAX on Investing.com Contains real time overview, components, historical data, live charts, technichal analysis and related news.
- Yahoo Finance page for ^GDAXI