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26 March 2008 – NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announces the launch of a family of high dividend indices based on its European national blue chip indices: AEX, BEL 20, CAC 40 and PSI 20. This new series will be available from April 3rd 2008.
The High Dividend indices will consist of stocks characterized by the
highest dividend yields during the previous calendar year. The
CAC High Dividend index includes 20 stocks; the AEX High Dividend
includes 12; both the BEL and the PSI High Dividend indices include 10
stocks.
They are calculated as total return indices; the dividends taken into
account will be the normal dividends, less withholding tax. Each index
is built as a basket where weightings are determined by the relative
dividend yields, each constituent being capped at 15%.
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| New indices |
| New indices | Codes |
| QS0011115274 |
AEX High Dividend |
AEX High Dividend |
AEXHD |
Reuters(.AEXHD), Bloomberg(AEXHD Index) |
| QS0011115282 |
BEL High Dividend |
BEL High Dividend |
BELHD |
Reuters(.BELHD), Bloomberg(BLGHD Index) |
| QS0011115266 |
CAC High Dividend |
CAC High Dividend |
CACHD |
Reuters(.CACHD), Bloomberg(CACHD Index) |
| QS0011115290 |
PSI High Dividend |
PSI High Dividend |
PSIHD |
Reuters(.PSIHD), Bloomberg(PSIHD Index) |
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| Performances |
| Performances | High Dividend indices |
| 2000 |
- |
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13.73% |
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| 2001 |
- |
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-10.47% |
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| 2002 |
- |
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-22.56% |
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| 2003 |
2.06% |
14.72% |
28.84% |
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| 2004 |
8.91% |
34.26% |
18.10% |
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| 2005 |
31.94% |
24.38% |
28.50% |
17.29% |
| 2006 |
18.83% |
26.47% |
30.28% |
34.07% |
| 2007 |
5.30% |
-3.86% |
3.21% |
19.79% |
| 2008 |
-46.17% |
-44.42% |
-41.00% |
-44.53% |
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| Press release |
English version
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| Factsheet (AEXHD, BELHD, CACHD, PSIHD) |
English version(last update 31/03/2008)
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| Back history |
| XLS format (ended 02/04/2008) |
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| Composition |
| effective from 25 march 2008 |
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| Statistics (EN, FR) - 31/03/2008 |
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| Contact |
| Email : newindices@euronext.com |
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