MDAX
Encyclopedia
The MDAX is a stock index which lists German companies. The index is calculated by Deutsche Börse
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It includes the 50 Prime Standard
shares from sectors excluding technology
that rank immediately below the companies included in the DAX
index. The company size is based on terms of order book
volume and market capitalization
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The index is based on prices generated in the electronic trading system Xetra
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Deutsche Börse
Deutsche Börse AG is a marketplace organizer for the trading of shares and other securities. It also is a transaction services provider. It gives companies and investors access to global capital markets. It is a joint stock company and was founded in 1993. The headquarters are in Frankfurt,...
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It includes the 50 Prime Standard
Prime Standard
Prime Standard is a market segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange that lists German companies which comply with international transparency standards. The requirements are higher than in General Standard which is regulated by law...
shares from sectors excluding technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
that rank immediately below the companies included in the DAX
DAX
The DAX is a blue chip stock market index consisting of the 30 major German companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Prices are taken from the electronic Xetra trading system...
index. The company size is based on terms of order book
Order book
An order book is a businesses list of open, unshipped, customer orders, normally time-phased and valued at actual individual order prices, that may include margin and profitability analysis....
volume and market capitalization
Market capitalization
Market capitalization is a measurement of the value of the ownership interest that shareholders hold in a business enterprise. It is equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding of a publicly traded company...
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The index is based on prices generated in the electronic trading system Xetra
Xetra (trading system)
Xetra is a worldwide electronic securities trading system based in Frankfurt, Germany. It was created for the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and launched in November, 1997. It is operated by Deutsche Börse....
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Companies
The following 50 companies make up the index as of the quarterly review effective on 19 September 2011.- Aareal BankAareal BankAareal Bank AG is a leading international real estate bank with headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany.Aareal Bank AG operates branches in 17 European countries and in the U.S. and Singapore. Since 2002, Aareal Bank AG has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.Shares in Germany are currently in...
- Axel SpringerAxel Springer AGAxel Springer AG is one of the largest multimedia companies in Europe, with more than 11,500 employees and with annual revenues of about €2.9 billion. The Company is active in a total of 36 countries, including Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia and Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland...
- BayWaBayWaBased in Munich, BayWa Aktiengesellschaft is a German company which operates in the agriculture, building materials and energy sectors. It provides trading, strategic and other miscellaneous services in these sectors....
- Bilfinger BergerBilfinger BergerBilfinger Berger is a large, internationally active construction and services company based in Mannheim, Germany.-History:Bilfinger Berger dates back to 1880 when August Bernatz founded an engineering business which became known, from 1886 as Bernatz & Grün and, from 1892, as Grün & Bilfinger.In...
- BrenntagBrenntagBrenntag AG is a German chemical distribution company which was founded in 1874 in Berlin, and which currently operates in over 60 countries worldwide....
- CelesioCelesioCelesio AG is a German healthcare and pharmaceutical company, represented in 14 countries, with a revenue of 21.5 billion euro and more than 46,000 employees...
- ContinentalContinental AGContinental AG, internally often called Conti for short, is a worldwide leading German manufacturer of tires, brake systems, vehicle stability control systems, engine injection systems, tachographs and other parts for the automotive and transport industries. The company is based in Hanover, Germany...
- Deutsche EuroShopDeutsche EuroShopDeutsche EuroShop AG is a German-based international real estate investment company headquartered in Hamburg. It is the largest German investor in shopping centers, and the country's only publicly-traded company to do so exclusively...
- Deutsche Wohnen
- DeutzDeutz AGDeutz AG is an engine manufacturer, based in Cologne, Germany.-History:The company was founded by Nikolaus Otto, inventor of the four-stroke internal combustion engine, in 1864 as N. A...
- Douglas HoldingDouglas HoldingDouglas Holding AG is a German perfume, book, jewelry and confection retailer based in Hagen, which owns more than 1,900 stores, more than 1,500 of which are in Germany, in Europe and the United States....
- EADSEADSThe European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. is a global pan-European aerospace and defence corporation and a leading defence and military contractor worldwide...
- ElringKlingerElringKlingerElringKlinger AG is a German car spare parts manufacturer headquartered in Dettingen an der Erms, Germany. Since 4 March 2009 it is listed on the MDAX....
- FielmannFielmannFielmann is a German optics company focussing on eyewear retail. With 655 subsidiaries in 2010, Fielmann gained a sales quantity share of 48% and a turnover market share of 22% in Germany...
- FraportFraportFraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide is a German transport company which operates the Frankfurt International Airport serving Frankfurt am Main and holds interests in the operation of several other airports around the world. In the past the firm also managed the smaller Frankfurt-Hahn...
- Fuchs PetrolubFuchs PetrolubFuchs Petrolub AG is the world's largest independent manufacturer of lubricants, and related speciality products. The company's headquarters are at Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, where the company was founded in 1931.-Fuchs products:...
- GAGFAHGAGFAHGAGFAH is a Luxembourg-based realty company. It owns a portfolio of 175,000 rental units and an additional 25,000 apartments in Germany, particularly concentrated in Dresden and Berlin....
- GEA GroupGEA GroupGEA Group AG , headquartered in Bochum, Germany, is one of the largest system providers for food and energy processes with about €4.4 billion in 2009 revenue. The company focuses on process technology and components for demanding production processes in various end markets...
- GerresheimerGerresheimerGerresheimer is a German packaging company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. It is a leading manufacturer of speciality products made of glass and plastic for the pharmaceutical and life science industry...
- Gerry Weber International
- GildemeisterGildemeisterGildemeister is a German mechanical engineering company and machine tool builder headquartered in Bielefeld, Germany. It is a leading manufacturer of machine tools and their controls . Products include lathes, milling machines, machining centers, and mill-turns.The Gildemeister group has 12...
- GSW ImmobilienGSW ImmobilienGSW Immobilien AG, formerly Gemeinnützige Siedlungs- und Wohnungsbaugesellschaft Berlin mbH, is a German real-estate company in Berlin. The company invests in residential property and also manages residential and commercial property on behalf of third parties.Originally a company founded and owned...
- Hannover ReHannover ReHannover Re , with a gross premium of around €11 billion, is one of the leading reinsurance groups in the world...
- Heidelberger DruckmaschinenHeidelberger DruckmaschinenHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG is a German precision mechanical engineering company with head offices in Heidelberg . It is a manufacturer of offset printing presses sold globally. The company has a worldwide market share of more than 47% in this area and is the largest global manufacturer of...
- HHLAHHLAHamburger Hafen und Logistik AG is a German logistics and transportation company. The firm operates three container terminals at the Port of Hamburg: Altenwerder, Burchardkai and Tollerort, as well as cargo handling and transport services by rail, road and sea...
- HochtiefHochtiefHochtief Aktiengesellschaft is Germany's largest construction company. It is based in Essen but operates globally, ranking as the top general builder in the United States through its Turner Corporation subsidiary, and in Australia through the Leighton Group. In 2010 it employed more than 70,000...
- Hugo BossHugo BossHugo Ferdinand Boss was the founder of clothing company Hugo Boss.-Early life:Boss was born in Metzingen, Germany. After completing his apprenticeship and one year of employment, he founded his own company in Metzingen in 1923.-Support of Nazism:Boss joined the Nazi Party in 1931, two years before...
- Kabel DeutschlandKabel Deutschland-Company:Kabel Deutschland operates in 13 of the 16 states . In 2006, of the 15.4 million households passed by their cable the company served 9.6 million, however only one third of these are direct customers of Kabel Deutschland, since especially in large apartment complexes the in-house cable...
- KlöcknerKlöcknerKlöckner & Co. is a German metal handler headquartered in Duisburg. Europe's largest independent distributor of steel, it is a leading supplier to the European and North American markets....
- KronesKronesKrones AG is a German packaging and bottling machine manufacturer. It is the world’s leading manufacturer of lines for filling beverages in plastic and glass bottles or beverage cans. The company manufactures stretch blow-moulding machines for producing Polyethylene terephthalate bottles, plus...
- KUKAKUKAKUKA is a leading German producer of industrial robots for a variety of industries - from automotive and fabricated metals to food and plastics...
- LanxessLanxessLanxess AG is a specialty chemicals group based in Germany, with headquarters and major operations in Leverkusen. It was founded in 2004 when Bayer AG spun off its chemicals operations and parts of its polymer activities. As measured by sales, Lanxess is the fourth largest chemicals group in Germany...
- LeoniLeoni AGLeoni AG, based in Nuremberg, Germany, is a cable and harnessing manufacturing firm with branches throughout the world.Leoni made all cables and powercords for Dell and Gateway 2000 during the dot-com boom of the 1990s in their plant in Birr, Offaly, Ireland, which was then moved to Slovakia.It is...
- MTUMTU Aero EnginesMTU Aero Engines GmbH is Germany's leading aircraft engine manufacturer. MTU develops, manufactures and provides service support for military and civil aircraft engines...
- Norddeutsche Affinerie
- ProSiebenSat.1 MediaProSiebenSat.1 MediaProSiebenSat.1 Media AG is a European media conglomerate, operating commercial television, premium pay channels, radio stations and related print businesses. It was formed on October 2, 2000 by merger of German TV broadcasters ProSieben Media AG and Sat.1 SatellitenFernsehen GmbH...
- PumaPUMA AGPuma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two...
- RationalRational AGRational AG is a German manufacturer of industrial food steamers and ovens for catering purposes. The firm is headquartered in Landsberg am Lech, Germany. Since 4 March 2009 it is a constituent of the MDAX index.- History :...
- RheinmetallRheinmetallRheinmetall AG is a German automotive and defence company with factories in Düsseldorf, Kassel and Unterlüß. The company has a long tradition of making guns and artillery pieces...
- Rhön-KlinikumRhön-KlinikumRhön-Klinikum is a German cooperation of hospitals and clinics head quartered in Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany. It is a leading private hospital group in Germany....
- SGL CarbonSGL CarbonSGL Carbon is one of the world's leading manufacturers of products from carbon. The company portfolio ranges from carbon and graphite materials to carbon fibers and composites...
- SalzgitterSalzgitter AGSalzgitter AG is a German company, one of the largest steel producers in Europe with an annual output of around 7 million tonnes.The company was founded in 1937 as Reichswerke Hermann Göring,...
- Sky Deutschland
- StadaSTADA ArzneimittelStada Arzneimittel AG is a pharmaceutical company based in Bad Vilbel, Germany which specializes in the production of generic and over-the-counter drugs...
- SüdzuckerSüdzuckerSüdzucker AG is a German company, the largest sugar producer in Europe with an annual production of around 4.8 million tonnes.-Sugar segment:The company has 30 sugar factories and 3 refineries in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania Slovakia and...
- SymriseSymriseSymrise is a major producer of flavors and fragrances with sales of € 1,572 million in 2010. Major competitors include Firmenich, Givaudan, International Flavors and Fragrances and Takasago International.-History:...
- TUITUI AGTUI AG is a German multinational travel and tourism company headquartered in Hanover. Until 2001 it was an industrial and transportation company named Preussag AG, which in the mid-1990s decided to reinvent itself as a tourism, shipping, and logistics company...
- VosslohVosslohVossloh AG is a German transport technology manufacturer based in the Westphalian town of Werdohl. The group has 4,700 employees , and generated sales of €1.2 billion, of which approximately 60% came from the rail infrastructure division, and the remainder from the motive power and components...
- Wacker ChemieWacker ChemieWacker Chemie AG is a worldwide operating company in the chemical business, founded 1914. The company is controlled by the Wacker-family holding more than 50 percent of the shares. The corporation is operating more than 25 production sites in Europe, Asia, and the Americas...
- Wincor NixdorfWincor NixdorfWincor Nixdorf is a German corporation that provides retail and retail banking hardware, software, and services. Wincor Nixdorf is engaged primarily in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems , retail banking equipment, lottery terminals, postal...