INDEX MONITOR/Time at the fair: Rheinmetall in the Dax

ZUG (dpa-AFX) – A turnaround in the Dax: thanks to a significant increase in its valuation on the stock exchange, the arms group and automotive supplier Rheinmetall has reached the top of the stock market class. Since the beginning of the Russian offensive war against Ukraine, the company’s share price has increased about one and a half times. The dialysis specialist FMC, which will be included in the MDax, the index for medium-sized companies, must release its place in the index from next Monday. Both were expected by experts.

With the arms company Hensoldt moving from the SDax index of smaller stocks to the MDax, another arms company is benefiting from the change in times. The technology company Jenoptik goes up a class with him.

The biofuel manufacturer Verbio and Software AG must leave their places and be relegated to the SDax, the index for smaller stocks. The insurer Wüstenrot & Württembergische (Wüstenrot & Württembergische) will also be listed there and Südzucker subsidiary and bioethanol producer Cropenergies will have to leave the index.

Index changes are especially important for funds that replicate indices in real terms (physically replicating ETFs). These funds would then need to be rebalanced and rebalanced accordingly, which could impact share prices./he/he