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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