The BBC Global 30 is a worldwide share index run as a global economic barometer. Started by the BBC in 29 September 2004, it is a mixes the economic information of the world largest companies based in three continents. So far it very volatile as many of the companies have had major gains and losses.

The companies in the index

• BASF (Germany)
• BHP Billiton (Australia)
• BP (UK)
• Canon (Japan)
• Citigroup (USA)
• CNOOC (Hong Kong)
• Du Pont de Nemours (USA)
• Enel (Italy)
• Exelon (USA)
• Exxon Mobil (USA)
• General Electric (USA)
• HSBC Holdings (UK)
• Hutchison Whampoa (Hong Kong)
• Microsoft (USA)
• Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial (Japan)
• Nestlé (Switzerland)
• News Corp (Australia)
• Nokia (Finland)
• Novartis (Switzerland)
• NTT DoCoMo (Japan)
• Pfizer (USA)
• Procter & Gamble (USA)
• Siemens (Germany)
• Takeda Pharmaceutical (Japan)
• Tesco (UK)
• Tokyo Electric Power (Japan)
• Toyota Motor (Japan)
• Verizon Communications (USA)
• Vodafone Group (UK)
• Wal-Mart Stores (USA)

External links

Information about the index