Green Index advanced clear With an increase of 218% in the last 7 years "Green" nx-25 index well before the "conventional" benchmark MSCI World Index (+24%). The state nx-25 on 31/12/10 amounted to 6'439 points.
The NX-25 is a share index of the Vienna stock exchange information service ECO-INVEST. The index is referred to by ECO-INVEST well as eco-or nature-stock index stock index, is not to be confused with the Nature Stock Index (NAI). Characteristic of the underlying index is a business concept selection based on ecologically and ethically defined criteria. The index is composed of 25 public companies, which act in an exemplary in this sense. The companies in the index spread across various industries and countries. Calculated, the NX-25 in U.S. dollars.
And these are the latest developments in the index: The Greek irrigation technology company Eurodrip (www.eurodrip.gr) is is the end-2010 exchange rate of 0.98 € (Athens Stock Exchange at the home, the nominal value of 0, 60 euros, the lowest price was in 2010 at 0.55 €, recorded the highest price at 1.10 €) in the index. It replaces the U.S. stock Energy Conversion Devices, which was originally recorded in the index because the company has recovered a number of environmentally relevant patents (storage media, batteries, solar technology, etc.), but is now increasingly focused on solar technology, a Industry that is already covered by the German Solar World Title.
Eurodrip Founded in 1979, produces and sells irrigation systems, the individual plants in drops ("drips") with water. Instead of spraying large areas of water, which partially evaporates before it reaches the roots, is the direct and metered tube-feed extremely water-saving and offers cost advantages, especially in regions where water is expensive. The features of CEO Michael Panagis geführteEurodrip production and sales subsidiaries or majority interests in Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Spain, Turkey, USA and Cyprus. Eurodrip's majority shareholder is located since 2006 (currently approx 55%), the Aqua Nova International Holdings BV, the free float of around 26%.
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Around 44.73 million shares outstanding Eurodrip
a market capitalization of less than € 44 million, making it the smallest nx-25 title ( to Precious Woods with around 62 million €). In the first 9 months of 2010 the Eurodrip Group sales rose by 12.6% to € 54.85 million, net income increased 9.1% to 3.45 million euros and 0.078 euros per share. Total assets amounted to some 102 million € 30.9.10, the equity ratio 48%.
The selected according to ethical and environmental criteria
stock index nx-25 contains 25 according to countries and different sectors scattered shares the total market capitalization of around 72 billion U.S. dollars have. He has tripled in the last 7 years of about 2'063 to about 6'439 points above. This performance of 218% is 194 percent points higher than that of the "conventional" benchmark index MSCI World, which has risen since the beginning of 2004 by about 24%. 2010 is the nx-25 increased by 12.9% to 6'439 points, down about 3.3 percent ahead of the MSCI World (+9.6% respectively in U.S. dollar terms). 16 of the 25-nx were 25Titel 2010 Plus, the top 3 SunOpta (+120%), interface (+89%) and Whole Foods Market (+84%). Most were in the minus Energy Conversion Devices (-57%) and SolarWorld (-52%). The current performance of the Index is published in the print medium "ECO-INVEST". A 1:1 financial product with the 25 titles of the nx-25 do not exist, comes closest to the nx-25 index in 2006 launched RBS-Ökoinvest index endless certificate from 16 major titles of the NX-25 and . PPVX solar-stock index is (and has, despite the financial crisis in 2008 / 9 a positive performance).
Source: Oeko-Invest /
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