| Operator | China Securities Index Company | ||||
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| Constituents | 300 | ||||
| Type | large to medium cap | ||||
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| Website | www |
The CSI 300 (Chinese: 沪深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]
As of January 25, 2024, the index is on a multiple-year decline, hitting 5 year lows.[4]
The blue chip CSI 300 index, meanwhile, fell 1.6 percent on weakness in insurers and banking names.