What is the Euro STOXX 50?
Euro STOXX 50 is a capitalization-weighted index of 50 European Blue-chips. The Euro STOXX 50 covers 12 of the Eurozone countries: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. The Euro STOXX 50 captures approximately 60% of the free float market capitalization of the Dow Jones EURO STOXX® Total Market Index, which in turn covers approximately 95% of the free float market capitalization of the represented countries. The DJ EURO STOXX 50® index is a price return index.
