Mastering Python for Finance - Second Edition

STOXX and the Eurex

In the United States, the S&P 500 Index is one of the most widely watched stock market indexes, created by Standard & Poor's Dow Jones Indices. In Europe, one such company is STOXX Limited.

Formed in 1997, STOXX Limited is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and calculates approximately 7,000 indices globally. As an index provider, it develops, maintains, distributes, and markets a comprehensive range of indices that are known to be strictly rule-based and transparent.

STOXX provides a number of equity indices in these categories: benchmark indices, blue-chip indices, dividend indices, size indices, sector indices, style indices, optimized indices, strategy indices, theme indices, sustainability indices, faith-based ...