Nasdaq-100
blue-chip index consisting of the 100 major companies trading on NASDAQ
The Nasdaq-100 is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The Nasdaq-100 is often abbreviated as NDX, NDQ, NAS100, or US100. The Nasdaq-100 index is a public float weighted/capitalization-weighted index, with a maximum weight of 24% for the largest component.
Products linked to the Nasdaq-100 include index funds (exchange-traded funds/ETFs and mutual funds) as well as derivatives (options and futures contracts), which are available for trading in many countries with the goal of replicating the performance of the index. Also available are modified index funds; they replicate the performance of the index with modifications such as the use of covered call strategies, equal weighting, performance buffers, leverage, inclusion of only growth or value stocks, or exclusion of certain sectors, all with the goal of changing the risk/return and yield. Invesco QQQ, with approximately $500 billion in assets, has the highest average daily volume of all Nasdaq-100 ETFs. In total, there is approximately $1.4 trillion in assets tracking the index.
History
The Nasdaq-100 was launched on January 31, 1985, by the Nasdaq. It created two indices: the Nasdaq-100, which consists of industrial, technology, retail, telecommunication, biotechnology, health care, transportation, mass media and service companies, and the Nasdaq Financial-100, which consists of banks, Insurance companies, brokerage firms, and mortgage loan companies.
The base price of the index was initially set at 250.
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