PHLX Semiconductor Sector
The PHLX Semiconductor Sector (SOX) is a Philadelphia Stock Exchange capitalization-weighted index composed of companies primarily involved in the design, distribution, manufacture, and sale of semiconductors.
History
The index was set to an initial value of 200 on December 1, 1993 and was split two-for-one on July 24, 1995; options commenced trading on September 7, 1994.
Components
As of July 21, 2014, there were 30 semiconductor companies represented in the index. The composition and weighting of the index is reported monthly on the nasdaqomx website
- Altera
- Applied Materials
- Advanced Micro Devices
- Analog Devices
- ARM Holdings
- ASML Holding
- Atmel Corp
- Avago Technologies
- Broadcom
- Cree Inc.
- Freescale Semiconductor
- Intel
- KLA Tencor
- Linear Technology
- Lam Research
- Marvell
- Maxim Integrated
- Microchip Technology
- Micron Technology
- Nvidia
- NXP Semiconductors
- ON Semiconductor
- Qualcomm
- Sandisk
- Skyworks Solutions
- SunEdison
- Teradyne
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
- Texas Instruments
- Xilinx
Investing
Apart from investing in the individual stocks there is also the option to invest in an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The fund iShares PHLX SOX Semiconductor Sector (NASDAQ: SOXX) tracks this index. Previously this fund used a different index and had ticker "IGW".[1] There is also a fund Market Vectors Semiconductor ETF (NYSE Arca: SMH).
- Information (components, investing, performance, prospectus, weightings etc.) about this ETF can be found on this page.
- Yahoo!: Chart of SMH performance (past five years)
- Yahoo!: Chart of SMH vs SOX performance (past two years)
References
External links
- The Philadelphia Stock Exchange infopage about the SOX index
- Component weightings
