The Eurostoxx 50 finished the month at 3,159.43 basis points, an increase of 5.26% since the start of the year after decreasing by 5.41% in December 2018. The declining equity markets during the last three months of 2018 drew most indices down to their 2016 levels.

More than 1,500 live autocallable products have a knockout observation date in 2019, carrying an estimated issued nominal of €18 billion. The performance of 480 products, representing half of that nominal (€8.9 billion), is dependent on the Eurostoxx 50. Eighty-five percent of the live autocalls linked to the European benchmark have the early redemption trigger set at 100% of the strike price, while 10% considered a strike-min or descending knockout trigger. Fifty-six percent of the l

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