Sectors
Sector spread bets are an effective way to profit from movements on the batches of stocks that make up the FTSE® 100 and FTSE® 250. You can go short or long on a range of sectors, including Banking and Mining.
- New to Sectors?
- Find out more about the range of
sectors we offer, as well as
educational resources and more
- Sectors Examples
- See a practical example
of how to spread bet on
a FTSE® 350 sector
- Sectors Resources
- A host of economic data, including expert market analysis to improve your spread betting strategies
- Dealing Spreads
- The same low spread
on each of our
Daily UK sector bets
Spread betting on sectors with IG Index gives you a simple, tax-free* way to profit from fluctuations within the key constituent sectors of the FTSE® 350.
Guaranteed Stops
Sector bets can be an excellent way to profit from economic news that affects a particular industry, and because some sectors, including Banking and Mining stocks, can be highly volatile, they allow for large profits. However, without an effective risk-management strategy, spread betting on these sectors can also lead to significant losses.
This is why we offer our clients a range of options to help reduce the risk of spread betting, including Guaranteed Stops which put an absolute cap on the amount you can lose on any position. Find out more about the superior risk management tools offered by IG Index.
Flexible timeframes
Spread betting on sectors can be done in two ways: either as a Daily bet or as a Futures bet (over a quarterly period). This allows you to take either a short– or long-term view on a particular sector, depending on whether you believe the market will rise or fall rapidly or over a longer period of time.
Learn more about the ways you can bet on Sectors on our bet details page.