OriginaveNasdaq-100 Index
What the Nasdaq-100 Index is, where it lives officially, and how its ride has looked over the years.
What does the Nasdaq-100 Index track?
The 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq exchange — which in practice means it is heavy on technology: chips, software, internet and everything with a keyboard.
More exciting than the S&P 500, and as our daily-movement page shows, noticeably bumpier too.
Nasdaq
Every figure here is in pounds — what you'd actually pocket buying on the London Stock Exchange. Fund fact sheets usually headline returns in US dollars, which can look very different in years when the pound moves against the dollar. Here's the full story, year by year.
CNX1 since 2010
The chart shows the dividend-adjusted share price of CNX1, the ETF tracking this index — not the raw index level. The shape of the ride is the same.
CNX1 returns by year (USD)
| Year | Total return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +20.13% |
| 2025 | +11.83% |
| 2024 | +28.51% |
| 2023 | +47.71% |
| 2022 | -25.53% |
| 2021 | +29.50% |
| 2020 | +43.24% |
| 2019 | +33.63% |
| 2018 | +4.62% |
| 2017 | +20.13% |
| 2016 | +28.85% |
| 2015 | +14.71% |
| 2014 | +28.19% |
| 2013 | +36.05% |
| 2012 | +9.20% |
| 2011 | +3.56% |
| 2010 | -20.33% |
Calendar-year total returns of CNX1 in USD, dividends reinvested — the ETF tracking this index, not the raw index level.
Compare CNX1 head to head
Yearly returns side by side against the other funds we track.