What is ‘NASDAQ OMX 100 Index’
A market-capitalization weighted index made up of the 100 largest companies listed on the NASDAQ OMX group exchanges in the United States and the Nordic countries. This index tracks large growth stocks across a broad range of sectors, with the Nasdaq’s emphasis on innovation, technology, growth and globalization.
Explaining ‘NASDAQ OMX 100 Index’
The NASDAQ OMX 100 Index was introduced in March 2008. It is designed to be a global index and is disseminated in both dollars and euros. It is calculated in real time. Some of the stocks listed on the exchange are Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Danske Bank and NVIDIA.
Further Reading
- The effects of board independence and CEO duality on firm performance: evidence from the NASDAQ-100 index with controls for endogeneity – articlegateway.com [PDF]
- Developed and developing capital markets in interaction: the Baltic countries economic sector indices in the context of the world – journals.vgtu.lt [PDF]
- Global financial crisis and its impact on Lithuanian economy – etalpykla.lituanistikadb.lt [PDF]
- Market efficiency of traditional stock market indices and social responsible indices: The role of sustainability reporting – www.ceeol.com [PDF]
- Investment Attractiveness of “Green” Financial Instruments – lifescienceglobal.com [PDF]
- Invisible walls: Do psychological barriers really exist in stock index levels? – www.sciencedirect.com [PDF]
- Financial indexes and instruments based thereon – patents.google.com [PDF]
