Stock
Market Index Current and Historical Quotes
Factiva
Data
on most domestic and global indices are available. Click on
Companies/Markets, use the pull down menu to Select Instrument: Common
Market Indexes, then select the Index you want to see current or
historical data on. Factiva is only available to students, faculty, and staff of
Cal State Fullerton. You must log in to the portal in order to access it.
Yahoo!
Finance
data for selected Domestic
and globlal indices are available. Change Type to
Indices. Type in the name of the Index to see if current and/or
historical data is available. Freely available on the web.
Stock Market Indices
General Information and Historical Performance
Check the following titles on
Business Table 1A for
General information and historical performance for Stock Market Indices.
The Dow Jones averages, 1885-1990
Daily history of the Dow Jones Averages since the
original 1884 - 12 mixed stock reports through the 1896 Industrial and Railroad
averages to today's Industrials, Transportation, Utilities and Bonds averages.
The Dow Jones guide to the world stock market
26 nations, over
2600 stocks representing the most important stocks and markets. 3 years
financial data, ratios & yields, and country or corporate information.
The international guide to securities market
indices
Descriptive profiles and historical performance
data on 400 (plus 200 abbreviated) of the leading global, regional and local
securities market indices and sub indices covering 10 asset classes. History of
indexes, how they are constructed, how they can be used, glossary. Profiles of
indexes by financial form (stock, bond, commodities, etc.) subdivided by global
region. Each entry has a 2-page index performance (1985-1995), synopsis,
background, computation methodology, and list of related indices.
NASDAQ-Amex fact book & company directory
This directory provides data on the performance
of Nasdaq securities and Amex securities, options, and derivatives. It also
gives statistics on the Nasdaq Stock Market and the American Stock Exchange
themselves. It includes a listing of companies on each exchange sorted by SIC
codes. The source of the information is the NASD, the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.,
or the American Stock Exchange, Inc.
Standard & Poor's emerging stock
markets factbook
Coverage of global emerging markets: 54
markets, 2,200 stocks, $8 billion in assets. Filled with charts and graphs and
data on World stock markets, currency exchange rates, various indices, index and
equity market profiles, investor information. Indices for 10 years with major
sector/industry divisions and 4-page market & data summaries with an
overview and summaries of market financials and ratios.
Standard & Poor's statistical service
S&P 500 index by industry group.
Stocks are chosen to achieve a distribution by broad industry grouping
approximating the distribution of common stock in the market. The purpose is to
portray the pattern of common stock price movement in the United States to be
used as a standard for comparison of individual stocks within industry groups.
Irregular. Each issue (approximately 2/year) has a different major industry
grouping: banking & finance; production & labor; price indexes; income
& trade; building; energy; metals; transportation; textiles, chemical,
paper; agriculture products; security price record annual. Broad range of
industry statistics covering labor & employment, production, cost of living,
trade, banking.
Websites:
New York Stock Exchange
Nasdaq
American
Stock Exchange
These site provide detailed information about the markets and the stocks
traded on them.
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Last Updated: 19 March
2007