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Amsterdam small-company shares fall as AEX sets records
Amsterdam's small-company share index has fallen while the AEX, which tracks larger companies, has set records this year.
The index for smaller firms is called the AMS Next 20.
Its recent drop took it to its lowest level since late last year.
The contrast shows that gains among large companies have not been shared across the market.
Investor optimism about rising company profits is passing many smaller firms by.
The account gives no details about what may happen to the index next.
Amsterdam’s small-company share index, the AMS Next 20, has fallen to its lowest level since late last year.
The decline contrasts with records set this year by the AEX, an index of major Amsterdam-listed companies.
Investor optimism about corporate profit growth has not benefited many companies in the lower segment of the market.
- Who
- Companies in the AMS Next 20, an index of smaller Amsterdam-listed firms.
- What
- The index has fallen, recently reaching its lowest level since late last year, while the AEX has set records.
- When
- This year; the recent low was the lowest since late last year.
- Where
- Amsterdam’s stock market.
- Why
- Not stated. The article says investor optimism about corporate profit growth has passed many lower-segment companies by.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The AEX has set records.
The AMS Next 20 fell to its lowest level since late last year.
- Small-company index
- AMS Next 20
- Major-company index
- AEX
- Recent low
- Lowest level since late last year
- Market
- Amsterdam