Markets Indices

Markets Overview

Markets Indices

This section enables you to select various market charts over a period of time. You can select the following options:

Global Markets: Compares Asia, Europe, and North American indices over 24 hours. The most current market goes from left to right. Global Markets also shows the last price, % change information (green indicates positive, red is negative), along with a bar chart indicating where the current price is in relation to the 52 week low and high price. In the table, click the name of the index to go the Index page for additional information.

If you mouse over the name of a specific index in the table, the following index chart is displayed:

TSX Comp: Charts the TSX Comp index over 1 day, 5 days, 1 month, 1 year, and 5 years. The orange line on the chart indicates the previous day’s close. The line graph above the line is green, below the lie it changes to red. Click Advanced Chart to go to the Index Page for TSX Comp for more information.

The S&P/TSX Composite Index is the headline index and the principal broad market measure for the Canadian equity markets. It includes common stock and income trust units.

TSX Venture:The orange line on the chart indicates the previous day’s close. The line graph above the line is green, below the line it changes to red. Click Advanced Chart to go to the Index Page for TSX Venture for more sophisticated charting.

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite index is the broad market indicator for the Canadian venture capital market. the index is market capitalization weighted and, at its inception, included 531 companies.

DJIA: The orange line on the chart indicates the previous day’s close. The line graph above the line is green, below the line it changes to red. Click Advanced Chart to go to the Index Page for DJIA for more information.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price-weighted average of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. The DJIA was invented by Charles Dow back in 1896. Charts the S&P 500 over 1 day, 5 days, 1 month, 1 year, and 5 years.

S&P 500 Charts the S&P 500 over 1 day, 5 days, 1 month, 1 year, and 5 years. The orange line on the chart indicates the previous day’s close. The line graph above the line is green, below the line it changes to red. Click Advanced Chart to go to the Index Page for the S&P 500 for more information.

The S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index is an index of 500 stocks chosen for market size liquidity and industry grouping, among other factors. the S&P 500 is designed to be a leading indicator of U.S. equities and is meant to reflect the risk/return characteristics of the large cap universe.

NASDAQ. Charts the NASDAQ over 1 day, 5 days, 1 month, 1 year, and 5 years. The orange line on the chart indicates the previous day’s close. The line graph above the line is green, below the line it changes to red. Click Advanced Chart to go to the Index Page for NASDAQ for more information.

The NASDAQ Composite Index measures all NASDAQ domestic and non-U.S.-based common stocks listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market. the Index is market-value weighted. this means that each company's security affects the Index in proportion to its market value.