Equity Investments - Equity Investments Section 1
- Option : C
- Explanation : Income generated over time by underlying securities in terms of dividend or interest creates a difference between a price return index and a total return index consisting of identical securities and weights. If the securities in the index do not generate income, both indices will be identical in value.
| Security | Beginning of periodprice (Rs.) | End of period price(Rs.) | Total Dividend (Rs.) |
| HBLÂ Â | 148 | 153 | Â 8 |
| FFCLÂ Â | 104 | 110 | 5 |
| EFOODSÂ Â | 110 | 90 | 4 |
The price return of the index is closest to:
24. A market-capitalization-weighted index consists of securities ABC, DEF and GHI:
| Security | Beginning of Period Price | End of Period Price | Dividends per share | Share Outstanding |
| ABCÂ | 1,500 | 1,700 | 10 | 6,000 |
| DEFÂ Â | 2,500 | 1,500 | Â 15 | 8,500 |
| GHIÂ Â | 500 | 600 | 10 | Â 10,000 |
The price return of the index is closest to:
- Option : B
- Explanation : The price return of the index is (28,950,000 - 35,250,000) / 35,250,000 = -17.87%.
25. An analyst gathers the following data for a price-weighted index:
| Â | Beginning of period | End of period | ||
| Security | Price | $ Shares | Price$ | Â Shares |
| AÂ Â | 10 | 100 | 15 | 100 |
| B | 40 | 150 | 38 | 150 |
| BÂ | 40 | 150 | 38 | Â 150 |
The price return of the index over the period is closest to:
- Option : A
- Explanation : The sum of prices at the beginning of the period is 66; the sum at the end of the period is 73. Regardless of the divisor, the price return is 73 − 1 = 0.1061 or $10.61%.
