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title: "S&P/ASX 200: Methodology"
description: "S&P/ASX 200 is maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices/ASX and covers 200 leading australian-listed companies. How the index selects and weights its constituents."
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# S&P/ASX 200: What It Measures and How It Is Built







## Direct Answer



> The S&P/ASX 200 is a rule-based measurement of 200 leading australian-listed companies, maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices/ASX. 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 S&P/ASX 200 covers 200 leading australian-listed companies, within the Australia market. S&P Dow Jones Indices/ASX defines which securities are eligible, how they are selected from that pool, and how much each one contributes to the published number.



The name states a target of 200 companies. A target is not a guarantee of the exact count on any given day: corporate actions, dual share classes and pending additions all move the real number around it.








## How constituents are weighted



Swoopr has not verified the weighting method for this index against S&P Dow Jones Indices/ASX's current methodology document, so none is stated here rather than guessed. The provider link below is authoritative.








## Current S&P/ASX 200 constituents



S&P Dow Jones Indices/ASX publishes and licenses the S&P/ASX 200 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.
- [Asia-Pacific indexes](https://www.getswoopr.com/stocks/indexes/asia-pacific/): 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 S&P/ASX 200?



S&P Dow Jones Indices/ASX maintains the S&P/ASX 200 and publishes the methodology document that defines its eligibility and weighting rules.




### What does the S&P/ASX 200 measure?



It measures 200 leading australian-listed companies. 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 S&P/ASX 200 constituents?



S&P Dow Jones Indices/ASX 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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