Exchange operator Bats Europe has introduced 18 new regional European benchmark indices, including six broad market and twelve sector indices.
Bats now offers 57 indices across 15 markets including 25 national indices, five pan-European indices, one pan-Nordic index, 24 sector indices, and two Bats Brexit 50/50 indices.
Having launched its index business in June 2016, Bats has quickly established a range of real-time, low-cost alternatives to indices currently on offer by the region’s incumbent index providers, helping to foster greater competition in the space.
In terms of the latest index launches, certain products are designed to compete directly with Stoxx’s widely-followed European range of equity indices, such as the Bats Eurozone 50 (Euro Stoxx 50) and the Bats Europe All Companies (Stoxx All Europe Total Market).
The indices are designed and managed under the same set of consistent Bats’ rules used to create all of Bats’ benchmark indices, and are valued using Bats’ own market data.
The data for the new indices is available on Bats’ website, as well as through various market data vendors. All Bats indices are available free of charge to media clients to distribute in real time and are also free to vendors and for benchmarking purposes.
The 18 new indices include the following regional indices, including 12 European sector indices are outlined below:
Regional indices
Bats Eurozone 50
Bats Eurozone All Companies
Bats Europe 50
Bats Europe All Companies
Bats Europe All Companies ex UK
Bats Nordic 40
European sector indices
Bats Europe Business Services Sector
Bats Europe Consumer Services Sector
Bats Europe Consumer Cyclicals Sector
Bats Europe Energy Sector
Bats Europe Finance Sector
Bats Europe Healthcare Sector
Bats Europe Industrials Sector
Bats Europe Non-Energy Materials Sector
Bats Europe Consumer Non-Cyclicals Sector
Bats Europe Technology Sector
Bats Europe Telecommunications Sector
Bats Europe Utilities Sector
Bats now offers 57 indices (calculated in both price and net total return) across 15 markets including 25 national indices, five pan-European indices, one pan-Nordic index, 24 sector indices (consisting of 12 UK sector indices and 12 European sector indices), and two Bats Brexit 50/50 Indices, designed to reflect the impact of Brexit on UK firms.