iShares DJ STOXX 50 aims to track the Dow Jones STOXX 50® Index and offers exposure to fifty of the most highly capitalised blue chip companies which are a representation of the supersector leaders in Continental Europe and the UK. Continental Europe and the UK combined form the World's largest economic area by GDP and its second largest equity market region after North America; the index universe covers stocks from 18 countries and is used as a basis for investment products, such as derivatives as well as exchange traded funds. The benchmark is a market capitalisation index subject to a 10% weighting cap and full details of the index methodology can be found on stoxx.com. iShares DJ STOXX 50 is an exchange traded fund (ETF) managed by BlackRock and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. That means you can buy shares in iShares DJ STOXX 50 through a broker as you would buy any ordinary share.