[1] At the time of its inception, the calculation start date for the index was set to the 5th April 1994 and its opening value was fixed at 1,000 points.
At this time the index included 50 companies traded on the Prague Stock Exchange, being named accordingly as PX 50.
In 1995 the decline continued (influenced by the Mexican crisis, that discouraged foreign investors from emerging markets) and the index reached its first bottom on 29 June with 387 points.
With the help of the dot-com bubble and starting banks privatization, the index reached its second top on 24 March 2000 with 691 points.
Main aim of creation of PX-TR index was to promote above average dividend yield of Prague Stock Exchange.