EURO STOXX 50
Definition · Level 14 · Markets & pitch
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Index of 50 blue-chip companies from eurozone countries, with no UK or Swiss shares: the standard European benchmark for index futures and options. Desks say “the Stoxx”.
Example
“The Stoxx is up 0.8%, banks leading.”
Where Tradecraft teaches it
Level 14 · Markets & pitch, in the lesson “European markets on the day: shares and Eurex”: The European indices to know, the EURO STOXX 50 and its futures and options on Eurex, and the VSTOXX.
Related terms
- CAC 40The Paris benchmark: 40 large caps listed on Euronext Paris, weighted by capped free-float market cap, base 1,000 at the end of 1987.
- DAXGerman index of the 40 largest companies on the Frankfurt exchange.
- FTSE 100The 100 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (“Footsie”).
- Stoxx future (FESX)Eurex future on the EURO STOXX 50: €10 per index point, cash-settled, with expiries in March, June, September and December.
- Total-return indexAn index that adds dividends back as if reinvested, so it rises faster over time.
- VSTOXXIndex of 30-day implied volatility from options on the Stoxx index, quoted as an annualized percentage: Europe’s version of the VIX.