DAX

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DAX 30 (Deutsche Aktien Xchange 30, former Deutscher Aktien-Index 30) is a Blue Chip stock market index consisting of the 30 major German companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Prices are taken from the electronic Xetra trading system. The L-DAX Index is an indicator of the German benchmark DAX 30 Index's performance after the Xetra electronic-trading system closes based on the floor trading at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The L-DAX Index basis is the "floor" trade (Parketthandel) at the Frankfurt stock exchange; it is computed daily between 09:00 and 17:30 Hours CET. Then the L-DAX (Late DAX 30) is calculated from 17:30 to 20:00 CET. The Eurex, a European electronic futures and options exchange based in Zurich, Switzerland with a subsidary in Frankfurt, Germany, offers options (ODAX) and Futures (FDAX) on the DAX from 08:00 to 22:00 CET.

[edit] Components

As of December 2006, the DAX lists the following companies:

• Adidas
• Allianz
• Altana
• BASF
• Bayer AG
• BMW
• Commerzbank
• Continental AG
• DaimlerChrysler
• Deutsche Bank
• Deutsche Börse
• Deutsche Post
• Deutsche Postbank
• Deutsche Telekom
• E.ON
• Fresenius Medical Care
• Henkel
• Hypo Real Estate
• Infineon Technologies
• Linde AG
• Lufthansa
• MAN
• METRO
• Munich Re (Münchener Rück)
• RWE
• SAP
• Schering
• Siemens
• ThyssenKrupp
• TUI
• Volkswagen (VW)

[edit] External links

• DAX homepage
• Bloomberg page for DAX:IND