CSI 300 Index

The CSI 300 is a capitalization-weighted stock market index designed to replicate the performance of the top 300 stocks traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. It has two sub-indexes: the CSI 100 Index and the CSI 200 Index. Over the years, it has been deemed the Chinese counterpart of the S&P 500 index and a better gauge of the Chinese stock market than the more traditional SSE Composite Index.

The index is compiled by the China Securities Index Company, Ltd.[1]

It has been calculated since April 8, 2005. Its value is normalized relative to a base of 1000 on December 31, 2004.[2]

It is considered to be a blue chip index for Mainland China stock exchanges.[3]

Annual Returns

The following table shows the annual development of the CSI 300 Index since 2005.[4][5]

Constituents

Sub-Indices

Moreover, there are the following ten sub-indices, which reflect specific sectors:

CSI 300 Index also split into CSI 100 Index and CSI 200 Index for top 100 companies and 101st to 300th companies

• CSI 300 Energy Index
• CSI 300 Materials Index
• CSI 300 Industrials Index
• CSI 300 Consumer Discretionary Index
• CSI 300 Consumer Staples Index
• CSI 300 Health Care Index
• CSI 300 Financial Index
• CSI 300 Information Technology Index
• CSI 300 Telecommunications Index
• CSI 300 Utilities Index

Historical changes

External links

• China Securities Index Company
• Bloomberg index page
• Index weighting download file