Question: Use data from the table below to answer this question: Day 0 Day 1 Price # shares Price # shares Stock A 9 17,000 7

  1. Use data from the table below to answer this question:

Day 0 Day 1

Price # shares Price # shares

Stock

A 9 17,000 7 17,000

B 18 23,000 10 23,000

C 87 9,000 135 9,000

D 42 12,000 60 12,000

Note: the columns, #shares, on day 0 and day 1 indicate the total share outstanding for each stock.

Suppose we want to construct indices using all four stocks above, and we choose the divisor on day 0 to be 1.

A) Calculate the index level for price-weighted, value-weighted, and equal-weighted indices at day 0 and day 1.

B) Calculate the return of each index by the end of day 1.

C) After the market is close by the end of day 1, company c announces a 2.5-1 stock split, will there be any influence on each index? Explain.

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