Indices

What are Indices?

Indices are a portfolio of the biggest companies listed in each country.
A stock index is a method of measuring value of the biggest companies of a country.
Indecie values move according to the movement of the stocks inside the index.
Essentially, an index is the family of stocks per country. If the stocks are doing well, the index does well and vice versa.

Many factors can cause Indices prices to rise or fall such as: Earning Season, Positive or Negative news, Health of an entire industry (example: Oil and Technology), Value of Countries respective currency, World and National events just to name a few. 
One of the many benefits of trading CFDs with 24option is that clients can take advantage of rising or falling prices. Opening Long (Buy) positions when prices are going up or by taking short (Sell) positions when prices are going down.

To start trading CFDs with 24option click here with the following Indices being available:

Explanation of table:
Ticker: As found on the 24option trading platform
Country: Self Explanatory
Index Name: Name of Index
Stock List: Number of stocks within index (Click number to see the full list of stocks). 

Ticker	Country	Index Name	Stock List
ASX	Australia	Australian Stock Exchange	200
BOVESPA	Brazil	Indice Bovespa	60
CAC 40	France	Cotation Assistée en Continu	40
DAX	Germany	Deutscher Aktienindex	30
DJ EURO	Europe	Euro Stoxx	50
DOW JONES	USA	Dow Jones	30
FTSE	UK	London Stock Exchange	100
H.SHARES	-	-	-
HANG SENG	Hong Kong	Hang Seng Index	50
IBEX 35	Spain	Índice Bursátil Español	35
ICE USD	USA	United States Dollar Index	6
JSE	South Africa	Johannesburg Stock Exchange	40
MIB	Italy	Milano Indice di Borsa	40
NASDAQ	USA	Nasdaq Stock Market	100
NIFTY	India	National Stock Exchange of India	50
NIKKEI	Japan	Nikkei Heikin Kabuka	225
OMXS30	Sweden	OMX Stockholm	30
S&P 500	USA	Standard & Poors	500
TA35	Israel	Tel Aviv	35
TADAWUL	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Stock Exchange	171

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