单选题 An analyst does research about equity indices and gathers the following information for a market-capitalization-weighted index consisting of the shares in three companies:

Company	Beginning Share Prices	Ending Share Prices	Dividends per Share	Outstanding Shares


1	$36	$39	$0.10	2300
2	$22	$20	$0.55	3200
3	$29	$ 32	$0.75	1500

The total return of the index is closest to:
A. 2.54%
B. 4.02%
C. 4.13%

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 总收益(total return)(包含股利)计算如下：
V₀=$36×2300+$22×3200+$29×1500=$196700，V₁=$39×2300+$20×3200+$32×1500=$201700，D=$0.10×2300+$0.55×3200+0.75×1500=$3115，总收益=($201700-$196700+$3115)/$196700=4.13%。