Why trade Indices?

Instant exposure to global economies Easy diversification across sectors and countries Go long or short to speculate on rising or falling markets Suitable for long or short term trading strategies Leverage up to 100:1

Market insights

Equity indices are one of the most popular investment products with individual investors, offering a cost effective and straightforward way to gain exposure to equity markets across Europe, Asia and North America.

These contracts reflect the performance of the stock market of a country, and as such are an indicator of investor sentiment on the economy as a whole. The largest and most heavily traded equity indices include FTSE (UK) , DOW (US), Nikkei (Japan), and Hang Seng (Hong Kong),

The composition and weighting of the different national stock market indices varies, meaning that some are more dramatically influenced by price movements in individual stocks than others. Each index also shows a notably different sector bias, meaning that trading multiple indices can offer wide industrial sector diversification as well as diversification across national economies.

Contract details

FOREX.com index contracts are expiring contracts based on an underlying futures contract. The table below provides product specific information. Please remember that our CFD contracts have daily closures, and monthly or quarterly expiries.