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Revision as of 14:00, 29 December 2021

1. Securities prices - summary information.

A number showing the variation in price of a group of securities with respect to a chosen base period.

Indices may be calculated as arithmetical or geometric averages and individual components may be weighted, for example by market capitalisation.

For example the FTSE 100 or the S&P 500.


2. Financial data - summaries.

A comparable measure in relation to any set of financial data.

For example, inflation indices or interest rate indices.


3. Data - summaries.

A comparable measure in relation to any set of data.


See also