The Dow Jones Stoxx Global Select Dividend 100 index has been licensed to iShares to underlie an ETF listed on the Deutsche Boerse today.
A rise in consumer-focused shares helped push the UK's benchmark share index ahead despite profit-taking in miners and banks.
Dow Jones Indexes has joined forces with the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS) to launch the Dow Jones FEAS Indexes.