First let's eliminate confusion. Indexes has the same meaning as Indices, and it's the plural of Index. A stock market index is a basket of shares(stocks) designed to track market price changes. Each stock market index has its own methodology for calculating the effect of changes in individual index components. Most stock market indexes uses capitalization-weighted adjustments to account for the differences in company size. Indexes can track market characteristics instead of market values, for example, the Volatility Index (VIX) measures options premium to determine the market's expectation for future volatility. There are also economic indices that track and measures the economic health, such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The most popular Americas market indexes:
The most popular Europe stock market indexes:
The most popular AsiaPacific stock market indexes:
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