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Changes were announced as part of the June regular review of the DAX 50 ESG, DAX 50 ESG+, DAX 30 ESG, DAX ESG Target, DAX ESG Screened, MDAX ESG+, MDAX ESG Screened and DAX indices.

The STOXX World AC index added 5.8% last month in US dollars, erasing its 2025 losses. The Eurozone’s EURO STOXX 50 climbed 5.4%. Germany’s DAX advanced 6.7%, taking its gain this year to 21%.

The new iShares fund offers precise exposure to European companies expected to benefit from the region’s historic ramp-up in military investments. The launch marks another collaboration in thematic ETFs between BlackRock and STOXX.

The new indices expand STOXX’s presence in the fixed income segment and strengthen its collaboration with ICE, which already provides pricing and reference data for calculation and reporting of STOXX’s eb.rexx bond indices.

Antonio Celeste, Head of Sustainability, Index Product Management at STOXX, explains in an interview with Asset TV how the indices hand investors the tools and advanced data to build portfolios.

The index selects European companies from ICB’s Aerospace and Defense Sector that have revenues from specific defense activities, seeking a focused strategy on the military re-equipment theme.

The new benchmarks offer investors the chance to combine different size segments of the German equity market in one index strategy.

A new STOXX whitepaper examines the key characteristics and performance of the STOXX Minimum Variance indices, which can reduce a portfolio’s annualized volatility and drawdowns during market sell-offs, enhancing long-term returns.

The underlying index is designed to reflect a hypothetical portfolio in which an investor buys the EURO STOXX 50 benchmark and simultaneously sells a EURO STOXX 50 ATM call option, generating additional income for the holder at the cost of giving up on stock gains.

The STOXX World AC index added 1.1% last month in US dollars but lost 4% in euros after the greenback retreated 4.8% against the common currency. While the Eurozone’s EURO STOXX 50 dropped, German benchmarks bucked the trend.

STOXX currently offers five indices targeting specific segments within the Artificial Intelligence theme. Ladi Williams, Head of Thematics & Strategy, Index Product Management at STOXX, discusses in an interview with Asset TV the construction of indices covering such a vast and complex theme.

The EUR 18.9 billion attracted by the ETFs in one month compares with EUR 5.7 billion in net inflows for all of 2024. STOXX-linked ETFs attracted the most money in March, led by STOXX Europe 600 and Germany’s MDAX funds.