DAX

DAX 30 (Deutscher Aktien IndeX 30 , formerly Deutscher Aktien-Index 30 (German stock index) is a Blue Chip stock market index consisting of the 30 major German companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Prices are taken from the electronic Xetra trading system. The L-DAX Index is an indicator of the German benchmark DAX 30 Index's performance after the Xetra electronic-trading system closes based on the floor trading at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The L-DAX Index basis is the "floor" trade (Parketthandel) at the Frankfurt stock exchange; it is computed daily between 09:00 and 17:30 Hours CET. Then the L-DAX (Late DAX 30) is calculated from 17:30 to 20:00 CET. The Eurex, a European electronic futures and options exchange based in Zurich,Switzerland with a subsidiary in Frankfurt, Germany, offers options (ODAX) and Futures (FDAX) on the DAX from 08:00 to 22:00 CET.

Components

As of June 2007, the DAX lists the following companies:

* Adidas AG
* Allianz
* BASF
* Bayer AG
* BMW
* Commerzbank
* Continental AG
* Daimler AG
* Deutsche Bank
* Deutsche Borse
* Deutsche Lufthansa
* Deutsche Post
* Deutsche Postbank
* Deutsche Telekom
* E.ON
* Fresenius Medical Care
* Henkel
* Hypo Real Estate
* Infineon Technologies
* Linde AG
* MAN
* Merck
* METRO
* Munich Re (Munchener Ruck)
* RWE
* SAP
* Siemens AG
* ThyssenKrupp
* TUI
* Volkswagen