Indices trading
Take your position on over 80 indices with the world’s No.1 CFD provider.1,2
Start trading today. Call +44 (20) 7633 5430, or email sales.en@ig.com to talk about opening a trading account. We’re here 24/5.
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Why trade indices with IG?
Seize exclusive opportunities on more 24-hour indices than any other provider3
Benefit from our unique deep liquidity – increasing the chance of your larger trades being accepted
Get fixed spreads from 1 point on the FTSE 100 and Australia 200, and 0.4 on the US 500
Trade on our award-winning web platform and mobile trading app
Speculate or hedge 24/73, even on weekends, with our unique round-the-clock markets.
Go short or long, to capitalise on markets falling as well as rising*
* Trading with leveraged products mean you can go long or short with indices. However, it’s important to remember that leveraged products magnify losses as well as profits, both of which are calculated on the full position value.
More index trading hours, more opportunity
We offer over 30 more weekly trading hours than our nearest competitor, so you can:
Open or edit positions when other traders can’t
Hedge your weekday positions with a weekend one on the same market
Act on breaking news, macroeconomic events and earnings reports as they happen
- FTSE 100
- Germany 40
- Wall Street
This data is based on analysis of the FTSE 100, Germany 40 and Wall Street offering from our UK competitors’ websites, and is correct to the best of our ability as of 30 July 2020. Some trading hours have been rounded up or down to the nearest hour. This table is for comparative purposes only, and the data is subject to change.
Discover our indices markets
- Popular indices
- New indices
- Weekend indices
Find an index to trade
Search real-time prices on our full index offering and find your next trade.
What are indices?
Indices are a measurement of the performance of a group of shares that are listed on an exchange. Because there is no underlying physical asset to exchange when trading indices, most indices trading is done with financial derivatives like CFDs.
How do I trade indices?
- Create an IG trading account
- Research an index you want to trade
- Decide how you want to trade
- Take steps to manage your risk
- Open and monitor your position
Benefits of index trading
- Speculate on a group of shares for less than the cost of trading them individually
- Get exposure to an entire sector or economy at once
- Hedge against a drop in the value of your share portfolio
Open an account now
Open an account now
Fast execution on a huge range of markets
Enjoy flexible access to more than 17,000 global markets, with reliable execution
Deal seamlessly, wherever you are
Trade on the move with our natively designed, award-winning trading app
Feel secure with a trusted provider
We have over 45 years of experience offering a truly market-leading service
*IG Group’s total markets
Open an account now
Open an account now
Fast execution on a huge range of markets
Enjoy flexible access to more than 17,000 global markets, with reliable execution
Deal seamlessly, wherever you are
Trade on the move with our natively designed, award-winning trading app
Feel secure with a trusted provider
We have over 45 years of experience offering a truly market-leading service
*IG Group’s total markets
Indices costs and details
Margin
CFD trading enable you to take a position with leverage, meaning that you only need to put down a deposit – known as margin – to receive increased exposure. The margin required to open a position will vary depending on the market.
| Market | Retail margin | Leverage equivalent |
| Wall Street | 0.5% | 1:200 |
| Germany 40 | 0.5% | 1:200 |
| US Tech 100 | 0.5% | 1:200 |
| FTSE 100 | 0.5% | 1:200 |
| US 500 | 0.5% | 1:200 |
| Hong Kong HS 50 | 1.5% | 1:67 |
| Japan 225 | 0.5% | 1:200 |
| Weekend UK 100 Cash | 0.5% | 1:200 |
| Weekend Germany 40 Cash | 0.5% | 1:200 |
| Weekend Wall Street Cash | 0.5% | 1:200 |
| Weekend Hong Kong HS50 | 1.5% | 1:67 |
Spreads
The spread is the charge you pay us for executing your trade, calculated as the difference between the buy and sell prices of an underlying market. We’re constantly working to keep our spreads among the lowest in the industry.
| Market | CFD trading min. spread | MT4 |
| Wall Street | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Germany 40 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| US Tech 100 | 1 | 1 |
| FTSE 100 | 1 | 1 |
| US 500 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Hong Kong HS 50 | 5 | 5 |
| Japan 225 | 7 | 7 |
| Weekend UK 100 Cash |
5 | - |
| Weekend Germany 40 Cash | 6 | - |
| Weekend Wall Street Cash | 12 | - |
| Weekend Hong Kong HS50 | 35 | - |
Trade indices on our web platform and app
Seize your opportunity on a range of trading platforms, including the our award winning trading platform and mobile trading app.4
- Web-based platform
- Mobile trading app
- Meta Trader 4
Seize your opportunity with our clean deal ticket, clear price charts and in-platform news and analysis.
Take a position wherever you are, and receive trading alerts and signals on the go.
Automate your trading with MT4, one of the most popular third-party trading platforms, and get instant access to a range of free indicators and add-ons.
Get the latest indices news
Start trading today
Create an indices trading account now.
Start trading now
Create an indices trading account now.
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1 We offer 81 indices markets for CFD trading
2 Based on revenue (published financial statements, October 2023) .
324/7 means all week apart from ten hours from 6am to 4pm Saturday (UTC+8), and 20 minutes just before the market opens on Monday morning. Our trading hours are based on UK GMT hours, and are converted to UTC+8 hours. This means that the times listed are affected by UK clock changes in the year, and will be adjusted by +/- 1 hour accordingly.
4 Best Finance App, Best Multi-Platform Provider and Best Platform for the Active Trader as awarded at the ADVFN International Financial Awards 2024.
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