Each year, the components of the index are changed. In 1992, when the index was established, there were fifteen Japanese mega-corporations on the list: now, that number has dwindled to two. In the meantime, more European firms have found their way in, from 13 in '92 to 21 today.
Amsterdam Stock Exchange: ING Direct Royal Dutch Petroleum Helsinki Stock Exchange: Nokia London Stock Exchange: Astrazeneca Barclays BP GlaxoSmithKline HSBC Lloyds TSB Royal Bank of Scotland Vodafone NASDAQ: Cisco Intel Microsoft New York Stock Exchange: Altria American International Group AOL Time Warner AT&T Bank of America BellSouth ChevronTexaco Citigroup Coca-Cola Exxon Mobil General Electric IBM J.P. Morgan Chase Johnson & Johnson Merck Morgan Stanley PepsiCo Pfizer Procter & Gamble SBC Tyco Verizon Wal-Mart Walt Disney Company Paris Bourse: AXA TotalFinaElf Tokyo Stock Exchange: Sony Toyota Virt-X: Credit Suisse Nestle Novartis Roche Holding UBS AG Xetra: Allianz DaimlerChrysler Siemens
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