NQ100 is one of the most popular world indices. This tool dates back to 1985, when it was first published by NASDAQ Financial-100. The NASDAQ-100 is an index that includes the 100 most promising shares traded on NASDAQ. The key feature of this index is the fact that the number of companies does not include companies of financial sector. For them, there is a special index named above - NASDAQ Financial-100. Until 1998, the index included only US companies, while the requirements for foreign companies were too rigorous. In 4 years, a number of amendments were introduced that made conditions for foreign companies softer.