Deutsche Aktien Xchange 30 - DAX 30

Germany's benchmark stock market index, it is a total return index of the 30 largest German blue-chip companies traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The Deutsche Aktien Xchange 30 (DAX 30) had a base value of 1,000 as of December 31, 1987. It was previously known as the Deutscher Aktien Index 30.

Companies included in the DAX index have historically included household names such as Adidas, BMW, Deutsche Bank, Siemens and Volkswagen. By virtue of being a proxy for the performance of the German stock market, the DAX index is one of the most important equity indexes in Europe and worldwide.