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Glossary of Share Trading


Learn the Glossary Terms about Shares and Share Trading

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ALL ORDINARIES (ALL ORDS) – Measures the level of share prices at any given time for a sample of major companies listed on ASX to determine the overall performance of the sharemarket. Stock exchanges in other countries have similar indices, eg. Dow Jones Industrial Average (New York), FTSE (London) and Nikkei Dow (Tokyo).

Questions about Shares and the Sharemarket


Frequently Asked Questions about Shares and the Sharemarket

What does it mean to invest in shares?

What are the S&P Australian Indices (Index)?


What are the S&P Australian Indices? Index S&P/ASX 200, S&P/ASX 300, S&P/ASX 100, All Ordinaries

The S&P (Standard & Poor) Australian Indices group companies according to company market capitalisation and provides a market benchmark for investors. Each S&P index aims to address the need for investor and investment managers to benchmark against a portfolio characterised by sufficient size and quantity.

Australian S&P Index

  • S&P/ASX 200 Index - ASX code: XJO: The S&P/ASX 200 is comprised of the S&P/ASX 100 plus an additional 100 stocks.

What is GICS?


What is GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard)?

GICS is an abbreviation for "Global Industry Classification Standard". It is a Standard and Poor’s/Morgan Stanley Capital International product created to standardise industry definitions. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) which oversees the Australian stockmarket contains 24 industry sectors unique to this country. GICS consists of 10 Sectors aggregated from 24 Industry Groups, 67 Industries, and 147 Sub-Industries currently covering over 27,000 companies globally.

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