CSI 300 Index

The CSI 300 is a capitalization-weighted stock marketindex designed to replicate the performance of 300 stockstraded in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges.The index is compiled by the China Securities IndexCompany, Ltd..[1]

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

1 Criteria

For the index admission must meet certain requirements.These include

• a listing of at least three months at the Shanghai orShenzhen stock exchanges (requirement is waived ifdaily trading volume is among the top 30 of all A-shares since its listing)

• no signs of great volatility in the price history or sus-picion of price manipulation

• Belonging to the TOP 300 A-shares by market cap-italization

• Belonging to the most liquid 50 per cent of all A-shares

2 The ten largest companies in theCSI 300 Index as of 2009

• Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd 3.92%

• Citic Securities Co Ltd 3.64%

• China Merchants Bank Co Ltd 2.98%

• China Petroleum & Chemical Group 2.89%

• Bank of Communications Co Ltd 2.60%

• Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd 2.49%

• China Yangtze Power Co Ltd 2.39%

• China Minsheng Banking Corp Ltd 2.24%

• Shanghai Pudong Development Bank 2.23%

• China Vanke Co Ltd 1.93%

3 The sector weightings of the CSI300 Index as of 2009

1. Finance 36.28%

2. Industry 15.93%

3. Basic Materials 13.55%

4. Energy 9.75%

5. Utilities 7.53%

6. Consumer Goods 7.01%

7. Capital 4.90%

8. Information Technology 2.11%

9. Telecommunications 1.50%

10. Health 1.42%

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

• 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

An investment in the CSI 300 is on the WISE CSI 300China Tracker ETF for retail investors.

4 See also• Commodity trading in China

• Leading stock

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5 References[1] China Securities Index Co., Ltd

[2] Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools

6 External links• Bloomberg index page

• Index weighting download file

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