What is a stock market index? How is it calculated?

What is "the market?" How are the market indices put together?

#stockmarketindex #stocks

[donhautea]

Hi, thanks for your insight, may I request on how did you able to come up with the value of divisor of 0.145233 discussed in the above video. Thanks

[this-is-bioman]

The Excel on Mac looks so much better than on Windows :-o

[alma]

what is a local stock market index in bpi trade?

[mrmaarten]

ey, I have a question how did you obtain all your knowledge?

[chiangmaitutor]

why does the index price keep changing during the hours the stock market is closed?