Major regional stock market indices commonly used as benchmarks include Germany's DAX, France's CAC 40, Britain's FTSE 100, Japan's Nikkei 225, Hong Kong's Hang Seng, China's Shanghai Composite, South Korea's Kospi, Australia's S&P/ASX 200, Taiwan's Taiex, and the U.S. S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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These indices serve as standard measures of equity market performance in their respective countries or regions.
The FTSE 100, Germany's DAX, and France's CAC 40 are major European stock market indices widely used to measure equity performance in the U.K., Germany, and France (or broader European markets).
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Common benchmark indices for European equity markets