OMX Iceland 15
OMX Iceland 15 (former name ICEX 15 ) was a stock index of Community stock exchange NASDAQ OMX Group , of the 15 most important and most traded companies Iceland contains. The proportion of the individual shares in the OMXI 15 was based on the company's market capitalization .
The share index started under the name ICEX 15 on January 1, 1998 at 1,000 points and reached its highest level in its history on July 18, 2007 : 9,016.48 points (as of January 23, 2008) .
Since the merger of ICEX with the OMX stock exchange on November 30, 2006, ICEX 15 has been continued by OMX under the same conditions under the name OMX Iceland 15.
During the financial crisis in 2008, OMX Iceland 15 suffered a huge loss. On October 14, 2008, the index fell by more than 70% (−2,300 points) to a record low of 630 points. In 2009, the OMX Iceland 15 update was discontinued. Today, the OMX Iceland 8 Index serves as the country's largest benchmark index.
composition
Source: nasdaqomxnordic.com Status: November 2008
(Note: 11 of 15 are listed: Glitnir and Landsbanki, among others, were nationalized due to the financial crisis .)
| Surname | sector | symbol | weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfesca | Food industry | A. | 2.08% |
| Atorka Group | Multi-sector company | ATOR | 1.57% |
| Bakkavör | Packaged foods and meat | BAKK | 4.24% |
| Exista | Other various financial services | EXISTA | 4.53% |
| Hf. Eimskipafélag Íslands | shipping | HFEIM | 0.65% |
| Icelandair Group | Airlines | ICEAIR | 0.60% |
| Kaupthing Bank | Diversified capital markets | KAUP | 37.72% |
| Marel Food Systems | Industrial machinery | MARL | 1.85% |
| SPRON | Regional banks | SPRON | 1.62% |
| Straumur-Burðarás Fjárf.banki | Investment banks & brokers | STRB | 7.51% |
| Össur | Health care: equipment | OSSR | 1.68% |
swell
- ↑ OMX press release: Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. November 30, 2006
- ↑ OMXI15 ( English ) omxnordicexchange.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2008. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ↑ Source: Latest index reviews November 7, 2008 , OMX Iceland index.
