How to invest in Italy using ETFs

How do I invest in Italian stocks?

The easiest way to invest in the Italian stock market is to invest in a broad market index. This can be done at low cost by using ETFs.

On the Italian stock market you'll find 1 index which is tracked by ETFs.

Besides ETFs on Italy, there are no regional ETFs available with significant weight of Italian stocks. Even the European indices only hold less than 10% in Italy.

0.30% p.a. - 0.35% p.a.
annual total expense ratio (TER) of Italy ETFs
on the Italian stock market, which is tracked by ETFs
on the Italian stock market
 
The best indices for Italy ETFs

Performance of Italian stocks (FTSE MIB)

1 month: 6.99%
1 year: 39.14%
3 years: 56.43%
5 years: 88.78%
 

Indices in comparison

The best indices for ETFs on Italy

For an investment in the Italian stock market, there is 1 index available which is tracked by 4 ETFs. On the FTSE MIB index there are 4 ETFs. The total expense ratio (TER) of ETFs on these indices is between 0.30% p.a. and 0.35% p.a..

Index Investment focus Number of ETFs Number of constituents Short description
FTSE MIB Italy 4 ETFs 40
The FTSE MIB index tracks the 40 largest Italian companies.
Index factsheet
ETF
ISIN
  Fund size
in m EUR
TER
in %
Use of profits Fund domicile Replication method
Amundi FTSE MIB UCITS ETF DistFR0010010827 413 0.35% p.a. Distributing France Full replication
iShares FTSE MIB UCITS ETF (Acc)IE00B53L4X51 172 0.33% p.a. Accumulating Ireland Full replication
iShares FTSE MIB UCITS ETF EUR (Dist)IE00B1XNH568 165 0.35% p.a. Distributing Ireland Full replication
Xtrackers FTSE MIB UCITS ETF 1DLU0274212538 53 0.30% p.a. Distributing Luxembourg Full replication
 
Index   1 month
in %
3 months
in %
6 months
in %
1 year
in %
3 years
in %
FTSE MIB 7.74% 10.14% 14.21% 23.88% 60.06%
Index   2024
in %
2023
in %
2022
in %
2021
in %
2020
in %
FTSE MIB 7.34% 33.81% -9.28% 26.38% -3.97%

Source: justETF.com; As of 29.02.24; Calculations in EUR based on the largest ETF of the respective index.

 

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