8. Understanding the major market Indexes Understanding How Indexes Report Data The securities market is tracked by a wide variety of indexes, each of which focuses on a different group of stocks. The following table lists stock quotes from four of the most widely cited indexes: the Dow Jones Industrial Average (D31A), the Nasdaq 100, the sa soo, and the NYSE Index, where each of these numbers is used to capture the performance of on a given day Index Quotes DIA Nasdaq-100 SAP 500 28,916.94-360.06) 8,513.17-154.94) 3,151.43-45.54) NYSE Index 13,346.31 (-117.67 True or Face Based on the numbers not in parectheses in the previous table, you can tell that 55 500 stodes were performing roughly one-third as wel as Nasdaq 100 stocks at the time this data was collected True False Complete the following table by indicating the name of the Index being described, as well as the number of stocks each index tracks. Index Size stocks Description All large NYSE stocks, as well as major AMEX and Nasdaq stocks The biggest (non-financial) firms traded on Nasdaq Primarily stocks from the NYSE, but a few Nasdaq stocks as well All stocks listed on the "big board" stocks stocks Over 2,000 stocks