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How to read nasdaq?
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24th Nov 2009 by Tobias John Sterling
The NASDAQ is an American stock exchange. Currently (2009) about 3,700 companies and corporations are listed on the NASDAQ. The NASDAQ has two main indices: the Nasdaq Composite (often referred to as just 'the Nasdaq'), and the NASDAQ-100. The Composite is an index of all the common stocks traded on the bourse, while the 100 is an index of just the 100 largest non-financial stocks (rebalanced once per year). Both indices are represented by a single number (currently [Nov 2009] 2168.76 for the Composite and 1785.57 for the 100). A fall in this number indicates an overall fall in the prices of the stocks included in the index, and a rise indicates the opposite. Both indices are capitalization-weighted, meaning that the larger a company is by market capitalization, the more effect it has on the index when its shares change in price.
The NASDAQ is an American stock exchange. Currently (2009) about 3,700 companies and corporations are listed on the NASDAQ. The NASDAQ has two main indices: the Nasdaq Composite (often referred to as just 'the Nasdaq'), and the NASDAQ-100. The Composite is an index of all the common stocks traded on the bourse, while the 100 is an index of just the 100 largest non-financial stocks (rebalanced once per year). Both indices are represented by a single number (currently [Nov 2009] 2168.76 for the Composite and 1785.57 for the 100). A fall in this number indicates an overall fall in the prices of the stocks included in the index, and a rise indicates the opposite. Both indices are capitalization-weighted, meaning that the larger a company is by market capitalization, the more effect it has on the index when its shares change in price.
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