The STOXX Europe 600 ex Financials Index is a subset of the STOXX Europe 600 Index. The STOXX Europe 600 ex Financials Index represents large, mid and small capitalization companies. It excludes stocks that are allocated to the industry 'Financials' according to the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB). The index covers 17 countries of the European region: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.