S&P/ASX 300

The S&P/ASX 300 index is a market-capitalisation weighted and float-adjusted stock market index of Australian stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange from Standard & Poor's.

The index incorporates all of the companies in the top 200, the S&P/ASX 200 index, and an additional 100 smaller companies, making a total of about 300 components in the index. The index components for the S&P/ASX 300 are reviewed semi-annually by Standard & Poor's.

ASX website including links to explanation of index methodology and current components:
http://www.asx.com.au/products/indices/index.htm

The current component list is available from S&P at: http://www.standardandpoors.com/prot/spf/docs/indices/SPAUSTA300AUDFF--P-AU----Constituents.xls

Investing

There is an exchange-traded fund, the Vanguard Australia Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS).[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vanguard page for Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF".

External links


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