The NASDAQ 100 tracks the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ exchange. It is one of the premier large-cap growth indices, dominated by technology, consumer services, and healthcare names. The QQQ ETF tracks this index and is among the most liquid ETFs globally.
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Top 100 non-financial companies on NASDAQ by market cap. Includes Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Meta, Tesla, Alphabet, Broadcom, and Costco.
Regular session: 09:30–16:00 ET (Mon–Fri). E-mini NASDAQ 100 (NQ) futures trade nearly 24/5 on CME Globex.
Launched in 1985. Modified market-cap weighted. Rebalanced quarterly with a special annual rebalance. Excludes financial companies.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is one of the oldest and most recognised stock market indices in the world. It tracks 30 large, publicly owned blue-chip companies trading on the NYSE and NASDAQ. Despite its small constituent count, the Dow remains a cultural touchstone for the overall health of the US stock market.
The Standard & Poor's 500 is a market-capitalisation-weighted index of 500 leading publicly traded companies in the United States. Regarded as the best single gauge of US large-cap equities, the S&P 500 covers approximately 80% of available US market capitalisation and is widely used as a benchmark by institutional investors worldwide.
The oldest stock index in the US, the Dow Jones Transportation Average tracks 20 airline, railroad, trucking, and shipping companies. Followers of Dow Theory believe the transports must confirm the industrials for a sustained trend to be valid.
The S&P MidCap 400 covers mid-sized US companies that sit below the S&P 500 but above the S&P 600 Small Cap index. Mid-cap stocks often offer a balance of growth potential and stability, making this index important for diversified portfolio construction.