New to Stock Indices?
Stock indices are one of our most popular markets, giving you broad exposure to global equity markets, including the UK FTSE® 100, the major US indices and more.
Huge range of stock indices and lower spreads
We offer bets based on the world's stock indices, including FTSE® 100, FTSE® 250, Wall Street, US SPX 500 and US Tech 100; Germany 30, France 40 and other European indices; Australia 200, Japan 225, Hong Kong HS42, Singapore Blue Chip, India 50, Taiwan All-Share, Japan All-Share and China H-Shares.
We also offer exposure to more than 35 sectors of the FTSE®. These sector bets allow you to spread bet on a particular group of shares, including the Banking and Mining sectors.
Many of our bets on indices, including FTSE® and Wall Street, are quoted 24 hours a day. This means you can respond to global stock market news and gain exposure even when the underlying market is closed. And you can deal with some of the tightest spreads around: just 1 point on FTSE® DFBs and 2 points on Wall Street DFBs.
Types of spread bets
You can choose between a short-term DFB, to take a position on the immediate market direction across a whole market, or make longer-term futures bets to gain exposure to a market over a longer period of time.
By spread betting on index futures with IG Index rather than trading the futures themselves, you can benefit from some clear advantages. These include:
- Our minimum bet sizes are usually smaller than the minimum transaction size in the equivalent futures market
- We quote prices on the most popular stock index futures even when the underlying markets are closed. Take a position in the FTSE® or Wall Street 24 hours a day, between Sunday night and Friday night.
Expand your knowledge of stock indices
Our daily Market Updates offers expert commentary on the latest movements in the world’s equity markets. Plus you can view a daily market headlines video straight from our trading floor. We also offer a sophisticated charting package and technical analysis tools.
Getting started
Our TradeSense education course is a free, six-week guide to spread betting. The programme allows you to place bets starting at just 10p a point, so you can raise your bet size as you increase your proficiency at spread betting on stock indices.