Global Stock Market Indices 1994-2021

Columns

• Date: Record date formatted as yyyy/mm/dd, covering the period from 7th January 1994 to 28th October 2021.
• spx: Closing value of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, a market-capitalisation-weighted index of 500 leading publicly traded companies in the US.
• dax: Closing value of the Deutscher Aktien Index (DAX), representing 40 of the largest and most liquid German companies trading on the Frankfurt Exchange.
• ftse: Closing value of the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) index, tracking top British companies and offered by the FTSE Russell Group.
• nikkie: Closing value of the Nikkei 225 Stock Average, the leading and most respected index of Japanese stocks.

Distribution

• Format: CSV
• Size: 530.23 kB
• Structure: 5 columns, 7,255 valid rows.
• Consistency: The dataset is 100% valid with 0% missing or mismatched values.
• Update Frequency: Expected monthly updates.

Usage

• Time Series Analysis: Apply statistical models to historical data to identify patterns and seasonal trends.
• Investment Strategy: Backtest trading algorithms against actual market performance over a multi-decade timeframe.
• Economic Research: Compare the growth trajectories of major economies (US, UK, Germany, Japan) during specific historical events.
• Education: Utilise clean financial data for teaching Python, statistical analysis, and datetime manipulation.

Coverage

• Temporal: Daily closing frames from 7th January 1994 to 28th October 2021.
• Geographic: United States, Germany, United Kingdom, and Japan.
• Demographic: Represents top publicly traded companies in the respective regions.
• Completeness: Features continuous data availability for all four indices throughout the 27-year span.

License

Who Can Use It

• Data Scientists: For training machine learning models on financial time series.
• Financial Analysts: To assess market volatility and benchmark asset performance.
• Academic Researchers: For long-term economic studies and historical data visualisation.
• Students: As a high-quality practice dataset for data science projects.

Dataset Name Suggestions

• Benchmark Indexes: A Quarter Century of Daily Closes
• Global Stock Market Indices 1994-2021
• Daily Closing Prices: SPX, DAX, FTSE, Nikkei
• 27-Year Major Market Index History

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