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. a given sector of the market Index Quotes one region's stock DJIA Nasdaq-100 S&P 500 NYSE Index the overall market 28,743.72 (-376.50) 8,901.71 (-175.39) 3,183.73 (-34.33) 13,313.11 (-176.28) 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 True or False: Bas The biggest (non-financial) firms traded on Nasdaq n tell that Nasdaq-100 stocks were performing roughly two-thirds as well as NYSE II Primarily stocks from the NYSE, but a few Nasdaq stocks as well True Technology stocks False Automobile industry stocks All large NYSE stocks, as well as major AMEX and Nasdaq stocks Complete the follo he number of stocks each index tracks. Manufacturing stocks All stocks listed on the "big board" Index Size Nasdaq-100 stocks NYSE Index Over 2,000 stocks DJIA stocks S&P 500 stocks 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. a given sector of the market Index Quotes one region's stock DJIA Nasdaq-100 S&P 500 NYSE Index the overall market 28,743.72 (-376.50) 8,901.71 (-175.39) 3,183.73 (-34.33) 13,313.11 (-176.28) 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 True or False: Bas The biggest (non-financial) firms traded on Nasdaq n tell that Nasdaq-100 stocks were performing roughly two-thirds as well as NYSE II Primarily stocks from the NYSE, but a few Nasdaq stocks as well True Technology stocks False Automobile industry stocks All large NYSE stocks, as well as major AMEX and Nasdaq stocks Complete the follo he number of stocks each index tracks. Manufacturing stocks All stocks listed on the "big board" Index Size Nasdaq-100 stocks NYSE Index Over 2,000 stocks DJIA stocks S&P 500 stocks
