Frankfurt (8 March 2021) – MV Index Solutions GmbH (MVIS®) today announced the launch of the BlueStar US Quantum & Future Computing Index (ticker: BUQFC). The index is the US listed subset of the BlueStar Machine Learning and Quantum Computing (ticker: BQTUMTR).

The BlueStar US Quantum & Future Computing Index (ticker: BUQFC) is an index of US listed stocks of companies involved in a range of industries, collectively defined by MVIS as Quantum Computing and Machine Learning companies. Companies whose business activity, products, or services include one of the following in relation to the development or commercialization of Machine Learning and Quantum Computing technology are considered for inclusion in the Index: Quantum computers including superconducting materials, qubits, applications built on quantum computers, equipment and materials used in manufacturing hardware for quantum computers; Machine Learning including advanced computing hardware such as graphic processing units, field programmable gate arrays, application specific integrated circuits, embedded artificial intelligence chips, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, heterogeneous database management systems, and companies that specialize in the perception, collection and management of big data in for such machine learning uses as natural language processing and machine vision.

The BlueStar US Quantum & Future Computing Index (ticker: BUQFC) is calculated in USD as a price and a total return net index. The index is reviewed on a semi-annual basis. Detailed information about the indices, including methodology details and index data are available on the MV Index Solutions website.