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Company NASDAQ OMX, which owns the stock exchange Nasdaq, announced the launch of a new index of smartphones. The announcement was made jointly with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) United States, according to an official press release.

A new tool called NASDAQ OMX CEA Smartphone IndexSM (Nasdaq: QFON) will determine the state of the telecommunications sector. The index will be tailored to the market capitalization of companies, with the greatest weight will have a quotation of the market leaders. It will take into account the financial performance of companies that develop, manufacture and sell smart phones, their components and software, as well as equipment for the construction of cellular networks.

Currently, the index of smartphones includes indicators 84 companies, including Apple and Google. All the companies included in the index, were screened CEA. With their full list is available at Nasdaq.

The index will be deducted in real time based on the prices of shares of companies listed on several exchanges. Index smartphones indicated in dollars. Its base value at the launch of the $ 250.

According to Sean DyuBravaka (Shawn DuBravac), a leading economist and director of the research directions CEA, smartphones are the fastest growing segment of the wireless industry. In his view, there is a separate index that tracks companies in this sector will be useful intrumentom for investors.

NASDAQ OMX calculates more than 1400 indexes, which are formed in the light of quotations on international exchanges. The most famous are the NASDAQ-100 Index and Nasdaq Composite. The first includes quotes the 100 largest companies whose shares are traded on the stock exchange Nasdaq, the second is formed from all types of securities, and consists of several thousands of components.