LuxX Index

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The LuxX Index, abbreviated to LuxSE, is the main stock market index of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, the stock exchange based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The LuxX is a weighted index of the ten most valuable listed stocks by free floated market capitalisation.[1] The index was fixed at 1,000 on 4 January 1999: the first day of trading after Luxembourg adopted the euro.[1] The ten companies currently included in the listing are:

Company Industry Country Weighting[2]
Arcelor Mittal Steel Flag of Luxembourg LUX 19.31%
BIP Investment Partners Investment Flag of Luxembourg LUX 1.75%
Cegedel Electricity Flag of Luxembourg LUX 1.06%
Dexia Banking Flag of Belgium BEL 13.01%
Fortis Banking Flag of Belgium BEL 19.10%
Foyer Insurance Flag of Luxembourg LUX 0.59%
KBC Group Banking Flag of Belgium BEL 14.86%
Luxempart Investment Flag of Luxembourg LUX 2.10%
RTL Group Media Flag of Luxembourg LUX 7.00%
SES Telecommunications Flag of Luxembourg LUX 21.22%
Source: Luxembourg Stock Exchange

[edit] Historical quotes

Year end Close Annual change (%)
Start 1,000 -
1999 1,397 ▲ +39.7%
2000 1,388 ▼ –0.7%
2001 1,116 ▼ –19.6%
2002 790 ▼ –29.2%
2003 1,019 ▲ +29.0%
2004 1,292 ▲ +26.8%
2005 1,637 ▲ +26.7%
2006 2,177 ▲ +33.0%
2007 2,419 ▲ +11.1%
Source: Luxembourg Stock Exchange

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Luxembourg LuxX Index. Bloomberg. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
  2. ^ As of 24 August 2007

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