Indxx US Manufacturing Select Index Licensed by First Trust.

We are pleased to announce the licensing of the Indxx US Manufacturing Select Index by First Trust. The Index serves as the underlying benchmark for the US Manufacturing Select UIT (Ticker: FBMXCX), which began trading in the United States today.

The Indxx US Manufacturing Select Index is designed to track the performance of publicly listed U.S. companies with domestic manufacturing operations and active plans to expand or establish U.S. capacity, highlighting industrial growth, supply-chain resilience, and onshoring trends.

Rahul Sen Sharma, President and Co-CEO at Indxx, said, “The rebuilding of U.S. manufacturing has become a key driver of America’s long-term economic strategy. Backed by more than $1.76 trillion in announced manufacturing investments since 2025 across 37 states, the scale of this domestic industrial renaissance is significant. Our goal is to provide market participants with a clear benchmark to track the companies at the forefront of this manufacturing growth.

The Indxx US Manufacturing Select Index leverages our proprietary AI-driven methodology, incorporating large language models (LLMs) and natural language processing (NLP) techniques, to identify publicly listed U.S. companies with significant domestic manufacturing operations and active plans to expand U.S. capacity. By focusing on businesses driving industrial growth, supply-chain resilience, and onshoring initiatives, the index provides investors with targeted exposure to companies helping shape the future of U.S. manufacturing.”

As of 24th June 2026, the index has 100 constituents. The index has been backtested to June 30, 2023 and has a live calculation date of May 15, 2026. For additional information, please see here.