The STOXX Europe 600 Optimised Market Quartile indices provide investors with access to companies classified under one of the four peer groups: Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Cyclicals and Defensives. Based on the STOXX Europe 600 index, companies are evaluated by fundamental factors and allocated to one of four clusters.
The index covers companies across 16 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.