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S&P creates ASX200 futures index

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched the S&P/ASX 200 Futures Index, which tracks the returns generated from an investment in the front-month futures contract on the S&P/ASX200 Index. The benchmark provides investors an alternative way to measure Australian ...

SPIVA report shows most active managers beaten by index again

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
The latest S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) scorecard has once again revealed the vast majority of active managers underperform their benchmark. The latest rebalance of the semi-annual report for data to end of June 2015, shows that ...

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, offered jointly by RobecoSAM and S&P Dow Jones Indices, has released its 2015 review. The equity indices are limited to companies that pass RobecoSAM's environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluations, collectively ...

S&P launches sinner-free index

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched a sinner-free index that includes the S&P500 companies whose practices adhere to Catholic values, and exclude those who don't. The S&P500 Catholic Values Index is the first Catholic index that uses the S&P500 as a ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... equities downward after a senior EU official complained of slow progress in talks to avoid of Greek debt default. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 28.43 points (0.16 per cent) at 18,011.94. The broad-based S&P 500 dipped 2.13 points (0.10 per cent) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... 73.84 points (1.47 per cent) to 5,106.59 on Wednesday, almost 15 points above the prior record set on April 24. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 121.45 points (0.67 per cent) to 18,162.99, while the broad-based S&P 500 gained 19.28 points (0.92 ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... pre-holiday trade after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the plan to raise interest rates this year was on track. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 53.72 points (0.29 per cent) to 18,232.02 by close on Friday. The broad-based S&P 500 fell ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... lunch or plant a tree. This applies to equity markets seeking direction from overnight activity on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial index weaved and bobbed through intra-day trade before finally closing sharply unchanged. Either it doesn't know ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... 5,659.2 points. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 70 points, or 1.22 per cent, at 5,660 points. NEW YORK - The Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes have closed at fresh highs, following acquisitions in the pharmaceutical and apparel sectors and a rise ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... 223,000 jobs in April and unemployment fell to a seven-year low of 5.4 per cent. At the closing bell on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had powered 267.05 points (1.49 per cent) higher to 18,191.11. The broad-based S&P 500 jumped 28.10 (1.35 ...