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S&P 500

Tracks 500 of the largest companies listed in the United States, weighted by market value (shares available to trade).

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About the index

  • What it tracks500 of the largest companies listed in the United States
  • WeightedBy market value (shares available to trade)
  • MarketUnited States, quoted in USD
  • Published byS&P Dow Jones Indices
  • First published1957
  • Symbol^GSPC

The S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States that are considered to have large market capitalizations. The S&P 500 is a subset of the S&P 1500. It is maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices and its components are selected by a committee.

From Wikipedia’s article on S&P 500, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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