BOVESPA Index

BOVESPA Index

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Brief About Indices (History)

The Bovespa Index is the flagship index of the Brazilian inventory alternate, recognized with the aid of using its acronym, BM&FBOVESPA. The index consists of sixty eight of the 370 businesses indexed at the alternate, which constitute more or less 70% of the alternate’s general capitalization and 80% of its trades. The Bovespa is calculated in connection with fees on February 1, 1968. The Bovespa additionally affords indices primarily based totally on marketplace capitalization, liquidity, industry, company governance and sustainability. The Brazilian alternate has a marketplace capitalization of about $1.1 trillion (the tenth largest within side the world) and a buying and selling fee of $1 trillion a year, making it the most important rising marketplace alternate out of doors of China. Brazil gives the largest and maximum liquid markets in Latin America.

Top Listed Companies

  • Petrobras
  • Itau Unibanco. 
  • Banco Bradesco. 
  • AmBev
  • Vale. 
  • Santander Brasil. ..
  • Banco do Brasil.
  • Itausa.

Formula

The indices are calculated by means of the divisor methodology.

Timing

The Brazil Stock Exchange is open Monday through Friday from 10:00am to 5:55pm Brasilia Standard Time (GMT-03:00).

The Brazil Stock Exchange is open for a total of 7 hours 55 minutes per day.