PHLX KBW Bank Sector Index (BKX)
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Index description (from the official PHLX website) The KBW Bank Sector (BKX) is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 24 geographically diverse stocks representing national money center banks and leading regional institutions. BKX is based on one-tenth the value of the value of the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Index (KBWI). Founded in 1962, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods is long recognized as the "banking industry experts," following more than 200 commercial banking and thrift industries on a daily basis.
The index was initiated at the time of the firm's founding and was calculated retroactively to 1947. The index is evaluated at least annually by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods to review whether the composition is highly representative of the banking industry. BKX was set to an initial value of 250 on October 21, 1991; options commenced trading September 21, 1992.
Bank of America Corp. BAC BB&T Corp. BBT Bank of New York Company BK Citigroup Inc. C Comerica Inc. CMA. Fifth Third Bancorp FITB Golden West Financial Corp GDW JP Morgan Chase & Co JPM Keycorp KEY MBNA Corp KRB Mellon Financial Corporation MEL M&T Bank Corp MTB National City Corp. NCC North Fork Bank NFB Northern Trust Corp. NTRS PNC Financial Services PNC (New) Region Financial RF SunTrust Banks Inc. STI State Street Corp. STT US Bancorp USB Wachovia Corp WB Wells Fargo and Co. WFC Washington Mutual WM Zion Bancorporation ZION |