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title: "Ibovespa: Methodology"
description: "Ibovespa is maintained by B3 and covers major brazilian equity benchmark. How the index selects and weights its constituents, and what that means for what it measures."
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# Ibovespa: What It Measures and How It Is Built







## Direct Answer



> The Ibovespa is a rule-based measurement of major brazilian equity benchmark, maintained by B3. Like every index it owns nothing: it is a number produced by applying a published weighting formula to a selected list of companies, revised on a schedule the provider sets.








## What this index covers



The Ibovespa covers major brazilian equity benchmark, within the Brazil market. B3 defines which securities are eligible, how they are selected from that pool, and how much each one contributes to the published number.



The index name does not state a fixed company count, so the number of constituents follows the eligibility rules rather than a target.








## How constituents are weighted



Swoopr has not verified the weighting method for this index against B3's current methodology document, so none is stated here rather than guessed. The provider link below is authoritative.








## Current Ibovespa constituents



B3 publishes and licenses the Ibovespa constituent list. Swoopr does not republish it here. The provider's own page is the authoritative source for current membership and weights.


        






## Related reading



- [All stock market indexes](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/indexes/): how indexes are built, weighted and revised.
- [Emerging Markets indexes](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/indexes/emerging-markets/): others covering the same region.
- [Index concentration](https://www.getswoopr.com/technical-analysis/market-concentration/index-concentration/): measuring how much of an index sits in its largest holdings.
- [Index rebalancing and inclusion effects](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/corporate-actions-catalysts/index-rebalancing-and-inclusion-effects/): what happens to a stock when index membership changes.








## Frequently Asked Questions


### Who maintains the Ibovespa?



B3 maintains the Ibovespa and publishes the methodology document that defines its eligibility and weighting rules.




### What does the Ibovespa measure?



It measures major brazilian equity benchmark. The index is a calculated number applying a weighting formula to a selected list of companies, and it holds nothing itself.




### Where can I see the current Ibovespa constituents?



B3 publishes the current constituent list. Swoopr does not republish it, because index providers license constituent data and Swoopr holds no such licence.











## About the author



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