S&P Global 1200

The S&P Global 1200 Index is a free-float weighted stock market index of global equities from Standard & Poor's. The index covers 31 countries and approximately 70 percent of global stock market capitalization. It is composed of seven regional indices:

Map of all countries in the S&P 1200 as of Jan 21, 2019

The Global 1200 includes companies in all ten GICS sectors. The largest sector, in terms of weight and number of companies, is financials. Other top sectors represented are consumer discretionary, health care, and information technology. Among the smallest are utilities, materials, telecommunication services, and energy.

Subset

S&P also has the "S&P International 700", which is the S&P Global 1200 minus the S&P 500.[1]

Investment

iShares has a group of funds based on this index split up by GICS sectors (NYSE Arca: IXJ, NYSE Arca: IXC, NYSE Arca: IXN, NYSE Arca: KXI, NYSE Arca: IXP, NYSE Arca: IXG, NYSE Arca: MXI, NYSE Arca: EXI, NYSE Arca: JXI, NYSE Arca: RXI). This is similar to the Sector SPDRs and some European funds based on the STOXX Europe 600.

Top 10 Constituents by index weight

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ConstituentSymbolSector
Apple Inc.AAPLInformation Technology
Microsoft CorpMSFTInformation Technology
Amazon.com IncAMZNConsumer Discretionary
Facebook Inc AFBCommunication Services
Alphabet Inc AGOOGLCommunication Services
Alphabet Inc CGOOGCommunication Services
Berkshire Hathaway BBRK.BFinancials
Tencent Holdings Ltd.00700Communication Services
Johnson & JohnsonJNJHealth Care
JP Morgan Chase & CoJPMFinancials

See also

References

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