Broad based equity index
A broad market stock index attempts to include the value of nearly every stock trading on the stock exchanges when calculating the index value. The popular broad coverage indexes track the value of between 3,000 and 5,000 stocks. The S&P 500 ESG Index is a broad-based, market-cap-weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of securities meeting sustainability criteria, while maintaining similar overall industry group weights as the S&P 500. The index, a member of the Dow Jones Total Stock Market Indices family, is designed to measure the performance of large- and small-cap U.S. equity securities. Related Indices. The S&P Composite 1500® combines three leading indices, the S&P 500®, the S&P MidCap 400®, and the S&P SmallCap 600®, to cover approximately 90% of