S&P/CITIC 300 gauges the broad market performance of China's A-shares universe, which comprises over 1,200 stocks traded on the Shenzhen or Shanghai exchanges. Index constituents are 300 leading companies from each of the 23 industry groups of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®). Each stock is screened for liquidity and financial soundness, and each industry group is appropriately balanced to reflect the overall universe's industry group representation. S&P/CITIC 300 is a component of the S&P/CITIC index series.
Index constituents exhibit the following characteristics:
Weighting – Market capitalization
Public Float – Adjusted for available shares
Index Calculation – Real-time
Index Governance and Policy
This index is maintained by the S&P/CITIC Index Committee, comprised of five members representing both CITIC Securities and Standard & Poor's. Committee oversight gives investors the benefit of Standard & Poor's depth of experience, research and analytic capabilities, combined with CITIC Securities' intimate local industry knowledge. It follows a set of published guidelines and policies that provide the transparent methodologies used to maintain the index.
