S&P/ASX 300

The S&P/ASX 300 index is a market-capitalisation weighted and float-adjusted stock market index of Australian stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange from Standard & Poor's.

The index incorporates all of the companies in the top 200, the S&P/ASX 200 index, and an additional 100 smaller companies, making a total of about 300 components in the index. The index components for the S&P/ASX 300 are reviewed semi-annually by Standard & Poor's.

ASX website including links to explanation of index methodology and current components:
http://www.asx.com.au/products/indices/index.htm

The current component list is available from S&P at: http://www.standardandpoors.com/prot/spf/docs/indices/SPAUSTA300AUDFF--P-AU----Constituents.xls

Investing

There is an exchange-traded fund, the Vanguard Australia Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS).

See also

• S&P/ASX 20
• S&P/ASX 50
• S&P/ASX 200
• All Ordinaries

External links

• S&P/ASX 300 (AUD) - S&P Dow Jones Indices
• Bloomberg page for AS52:IND