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Basic Question 4 of 14

A price-weighted index gives the ______.

A. highest-price stock more impact on the movement of the index
B. lowest-price stock more impact on the movement of the index
C. highest percentage change more impact on the movement of the index

User Contributed Comments 3

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kalps DJIA is a price weighted index which looks negatively at stock splits
jasonkwk what do u mean by looks negatively?
mcbreatz A stock split will reduce the price of a stock by half so now that stock has less impact on the index.
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Learning Outcome Statements

describe the choices and issues in index construction and management

compare the different weighting methods used in index construction

calculate and analyze the value and return of an index given its weighting method

describe rebalancing and reconstitution of an index

CFA® 2025 Level I Curriculum, Volume 3, Module 2.