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▲ The market capitalization of the shares listed on the world stock market exceeded $ 100 trillion (about 10 yuan, 9.950 trillion won). Photo shows a trader on the New York Stock Exchange on the 24th of last month, when the 30,000 Dow Jones Industrial Average on the New York Stock Exchange reached 30,000 for the first time in 124 years, wearing a hat with the word ‘Dow 30,000’ written on it. New York AP Yonhap News
The market capitalization of the listed shares listed on the world stock market exceeded $ 100 trillion (about 10 yuan, 9950 trillion won). This is due to the fact that central banks around the world have started releasing money to respond to the Corona 19 pandemic (a global pandemic) that has affected the world since the beginning of this year, and the success of vaccine development. corona was a good thing.
According to Nihon Keizai Shimbun of Japan, the market capitalization of the world’s listed shares reached $ 100.1872 billion on the 18th. This is an increase of 17% compared to the end of last year, before the Corona crisis. 19. This is more than 20% more than the world nominal gross product this year (GDP, $ 83 trillion) estimated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The market capitalization of the world’s listed stocks fell to $ 59 trillion in March last year, as share prices plummeted due to the Corona 19 spread earlier this year. However, as the market overflowed with money, the market increased sharply due to the effect of expanding the supply of liquidity through large-scale fiscal policies and financial easing by governments and central banks around the world. . Also, as expectations of the Corona 19 vaccine spread were reflected, the market capitalization rose sharply as the global share price soared to the top of the sky, as the Dow Jones industry average of 30 USA
By industry, since the end of last year, the market capitalization of technology services such as software has soared 57%, reaching the top of the list of top industries. This was followed by a 47% increase in the market capitalization of consumer durables, leading to strong growth in cars and games, where expectations for electric vehicles (EVs) were extended. The market capitalization of health-related stocks also rose 28%, placing it at the top. On the other hand, the biggest drop in market capitalization occurred in the energy sector, which registered -17%. In the energy industry, the prospect of slow demand for petroleum products due to stagnant movement of people and logistics due to Crown 19 was a bad thing.
By company, American Apple, which has the world’s largest market capitalization, increased by 65%, surpassing the $ 2 trillion wall for the first time in the world. Tesla, an electric car maker, has doubled its market capitalization and Nvidia, a semiconductor maker, has doubled. In particular, the market capitalization of medicine-related companies was remarkable, with Swiss Relief Therapeutics, a drug developer for COVID-19, increasing 635-fold. Among Chinese companies, the top stocks, such as the supplier of Tencent Internet services, increased by 56% and Alibaba group by 25%, increased the market capitalization at the same time.
Senior Reporter Kyu-Hwan Kim [email protected]
