Basket Return and Dollar P&L Calculation

Finance · Easy · Free problem
You are running a 3-name basket with weights $(0.50, 0.30, 0.20)$. Over the last minute, the three names moved by $+1.20\%$, $-0.60\%$, and $+0.15\%$ respectively. The basket notional is $\
{,}000{,}000$. (a) What is the basket return in basis points? (b) What is the dollar P&L on the basket?

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