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 $($DJIA$),$ the Nasdaq$-100,$ the S&P

$500,$ and the NYSE Index, where each of these numbers is used to capture the performance of

on a given day.

True or False: Based on the numbers not in parentheses in the previous table, you can tell that Nasdaq$-100$ stocks were performing roughly two$-$thirds

as well as NYSE Index stocks at the time this data was collected.

True

False

Complete the following table by indicating each stock index's description, as well as the number of stocks each index tracks.