Indices traders tend to speculate on the movement of prices in the stock index such as DAX, FTSE 100, and Dow Jones. These are the most popular indexes that serve as baskets of individual Shares that are mostly ranked by major banks and specialist companies like Deutsche Borse, FTSE Group, and Standard & Poor’s.
Heavily Traded Indices Markets
The FTSE 100
This index market is sometimes referred to as UK 100 because it is representing the top 100 biggest companies in the UK by market capital.
Dow Jones
This index market is also called ‘Wall Street’ because it is made up of the 30 biggest companies in the US that are publicly owned.
The DAX
This index market is also called ‘Germany 30’ because it is made up of the 30 biggest companies in Germany.
NASDAQ 100
NASDAQ 100 is also called the ‘US Tech 100’ as it is capitalizing particularly in more than 100 tech companies located in the United States.
Nikkei 225
It is known to be the biggest price-weighted index in Japan which is made up of 224 biggest companies in the country.
CAC 40
This index market is also known to be the France 40 for it is made up of 40 huge companies in the country.
What Are the Best Indices To Trade?
Below is the list of the top 3 most popular indexes in the market.
UK 100
This index market has been in the business since 1984, making it to the list of the most popular indexes that we have nowadays. UK 100 is managed by FTSE Group which is a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange. It has index stocks from the most loved companies in the country.
Some of the companies in the UK 100 are Burberry, Vodafone Group, Barclays, Tesco, Experian, Royal Mail, Glencore, Just Eat, and HSBC. Knowing that this market is made up of different huge companies from all sectors, makes you believe that it is less sensitive against factors that could affect the individual stocks. When you trade with UK 100, sharp volatility, as well as wild fluctuations, will most likely not happen especially when you are trading individual shares.
Wall Street
Another popular indices market that was launched in 1885 is the Wall Street which is also referred to as Dow Jones Industrial Average Index. It is currently being run by Standard & Poor’s and Dow Jones. Throughout many years, the Wall Street index is still very popular among investors as it is open to a lot of trading opportunities.
Some of the most famous companies in the Wall Street index are Coca-Cola, Apple, Intel, Boeing, McDonald’s, Caterpillar, Microsoft, Walt Disney, Nike, and Visa.
NASDAQ
Third on the list is NASDAQ which was first launched in 1971. This index market is made up of 100 major companies that are from different sectors such as Netflix, Apple, Tesla, NVIDIA, Cisco, Activision Blizzard, Seagate, Intel, Adobe and so much more. As you can see, NASDAQ is mostly composed of tech sectors but other than that, they also have companies from famous industries like consumer services, aviation, and healthcare.
Some of the companies in the UK 100 are Burberry, Vodafone Group, Barclays, Tesco, Experian, Royal Mail, Glencore, Just Eat, and HSBC. Knowing that this market is made up of different huge companies from all sectors, makes you believe that it is less sensitive against factors that could affect the individual stocks. When you trade with UK 100, sharp volatility, as well as wild fluctuations, will most likely not happen especially when you are trading individual shares.
