According to Deutsche Börse, the operator of Xetra, DAX measures the performance of the Prime Standard ’ s 30 largest German companies in terms of order book volume and market capitalization.

The L-DAX Index is an indicator of the German benchmark DAX index's performance after the Xetra electronic-trading system closes based on the floor trading at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Until September 2012 MAN SE was one of the top 30 companies listed on the German stock exchange ( DAX ).

* DAX, the main German stock market index

In 1995, SAP was included in the German stock index DAX.

She sits on Altana's supervisory board and helped transform it into a world-class corporation in the German DAX list of 30 top companies.

Continental is a member of the DAX, the top 30 index of the German stock exchange.

To be listed in the leading German stock index DAX companies have to fulfill higher standards.

It is one of the 30 members of the DAX stock index of major German companies and a member of the Global Titans 50 index.

Many stock market indices such as the S & P 500, Sensex, FTSE, DAX, Nikkei, Ibovespa, and MSCI adjust for these by calculating on a free float basis, i. e. the market capitalization that they use is the value of the publicly tradable part of the company.

Deutsche Post is listed in the DAX stock market index.

The L-DAX index ( Late DAX ) is calculated from 17: 30 to 20: 00 CET.

Infineon is listed in the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Munich Re is included in the DAX index at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Euro Stoxx 50, and other indices.

Trading index CFDs, such as the ones based on the major global indexes e. g. Dow Jones, NASDAQ, S & P 500, FTSE, DAX, and CAC, quickly became the most popular type of CFD that were traded.

It includes the 50 Prime Standard shares from sectors excluding technology that rank immediately below the companies included in the DAX index.

The basis for the calculation of this index is provided by the DAX option contracts.

The Frankfurt DAX index fell sharply as well.

The Base date for the DAX is 30 December 1987 and it was started from a base value of 1, 000.

The range of products is enhanced by the implementation of Volatility Index Derivatives, which is for the first time offered for trading by a European Exchange, as well as the launch of all Single Stock Futures on the EURO STOXX 50, DAX to exclusive securities on Swiss SMI.

Short squeezes are more likely to occur in stocks with small market capitalization and small floats, although can involve large stocks and billions of dollars, as happened in October 2008 when a short squeeze temporarily drove the shares of Volkswagen on the Xetra DAX from € 210. 85 to over € 1000 in less than two days, briefly making it the most valuable company in the world.

In November 2003, Late / Early DAX was introduced running from 08: 00 to 09: 00 pre market and 17: 45-20: 01 during after hours and in 2006 X-DAX was introduced running from 08: 00-09: 01 and 17: 45-22: 00 ( in line with Asia and US trading hours ).

As a result, proxies for the market ( such as the FTSE100 in the UK, DAX in Germany or the S & P500 in the US ) are used in practice by investors.

The VDAX-NEW Index expresses the variation margin – the implied volatility – of the DAX anticipated on the derivatives market.

In terms of order book turnover and market capitalization the companies rank below those included in the DAX.

DAX 30 chart in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

CEB ’ s client's include 85 % of the Fortune 500, 70 % of the DAX 30, 73 % of the FTSE 100, and 50 % of the Dow Jones Asian Titans.

The VDAX indicates in percentage points the volatility to be expected in the next 30 days for the DAX.

A list of the current DAX companies, as of the quarterly review effective on 21 June 2010 where Salzgitter was replaced by HeidelbergCement.

The headquarters of the DAX companies.

All companies listed in DAX, MDAX, TecDAX and SDAX have to belong to Prime Standard.

From 1977 to 2010, Altana has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and was one of the DAX companies until 2007.

The trading indices in Frankfurt are DAX, DAXplus, CDAX, DivDAX, LDAX, MDAX, SDAX, TecDAX, VDAX and EuroStoxx 50.

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.

With Single Stock Futures Eurex offers futures on individual equities on all component issues of the European benchmark indexes EURO STOXX 50 and DAX, on all EUR-and CHF-denominated STOXX Europe 600 constituents, as well as all components of the Swiss SMI.

* Futures and options on the DAX, MDAX, and TecDAX

* Weekly options on the EURO STOXX 50 Index, DAX, and SMI

However, syllables such as DAX, BOK, and YAT would all be acceptable ( though Ebbinghaus left no examples ).

Indices for futures include well-established indices such as S & P, FTSE, DAX, CAC40 and other G12 country indices.

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* Dynamic Parcel Distribution, formerly " Deutscher Paket Dienst " and also named " Direct Parcel Distribution " in some countries ; an international parcel delivery company, founded in Germany in 1976