All Ordinaries

All Ordinaries
All Ordinaries 1875–2012 (calculated values before 1980)
FoundationDecember 31, 1979; 44 years ago (1979-12-31)
OperatorS&P Dow Jones Indices
ExchangesAustralian Securities Exchange (ASX)
Trading symbolASX: XAO
Constituents497 (May 2024)[1]
TypeAll except micro-cap
Market capA$2.627 trillion (May 2024) [1]
Weighting methodMarket value weighted
Related indices
WebsiteAll Ordinaries
Reuters.AORD
BloombergAS30

Established in January 1980, the All Ordinaries (XAO) (colloquially known as the "All Ords"; also known as the All Ordinaries Index, AOI) is the oldest index of shares in Australia. It is made up of the share prices for 500 of the largest companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).[2] The market capitalization of the companies included in the All Ords index amounts to over 95% of the value of all shares listed on the ASX. The 3-letter exchange ticker in Australia for the All Ordinaries is "XAO". ASX indices are managed by S&P Dow Jones Indices.

  1. ^ a b "All Ordinaries". S&P Dow Jones Indices. 31 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Course 8: Market indices and market sectors". asx.com.au. ASX. Retrieved 30 April 2016.