IBEX 35 (Spain 35) Fundamentals The IBEX 35, sometimes called the Spain 35, is the Spanish market index and is popular for spread betting because of its volatility, which you can see in the chart below. Despite the variations in value, you can see that the index is very well behaved, generally following the indications […]

FTSE techMARK 100 Spread Betting The UK techMARK is a specialist index, unlike most other indices. It concentrates on technology companies, and recognizes the ones that are innovative in driving social and economic development. Therefore, its performance is highly connected to the high-tech markets, and only peripherally affected by other areas. The point of the […]

Taiwan Index Spread Betting The Taiwan Index is a measure of the performance of the stock market in Taiwan. There are many such indices, but the one you can spread bet on with IG Index has the following chart: – There is a minimum spread bet of £2 per point, and this is to be […]

Turkey 30 Index Spread Betting The Turkey 30 index, as it is called by some spread betting providers, is a market capitalization weighted index of 30 actively traded stocks on the Turkish stock market, the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE). It is also often referred to as the ISE-30, or the ISE National-30. It was set […]

Spread Betting on the Poland 20 Index Spread betting on the Poland 20 index may not be the first thing that enters your mind. It is one of the less well-known indices, and is also known as the WIG 20 if you are searching for information about it on the Internet. It is a capitalization […]

Spread Betting on the BEL 20 Index The BEL 20 index is a share index used to reflect the economy of Belgian stocks, traded on the stock exchange in Brussels. In this way, it is similar to an index such as the FTSE 100, or the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It is a capitalization-weighted index, […]

Greece 20 Spread Betting | FTSE/ATHEX 20 index You may be interested in spread betting on the Greece 20, particularly since recent problems in that country’s economy have brought its financial position into prominence in the news. The index most frequently quoted for the Greek stock market in Athens is the ASE, but that is […]

Background of the Italian Economy Italy is the third largest economy in the Eurozone and is therefore an important player, but has spent much of the 2000s suffering slow growth, becoming steadily less important over the long term. Where the country becomes more important is in terms of its debt levels, stuck as it is […]

Spread Betting on South Korea’s Kospi index As the world’s seventh largest exporter and eighth largest importer, according to 2011 statistics from the World Trade Organisation, South Korea is a good barometer for global economic activity. With Korea playing an increasing role in supplying goods to the Western world, it is natural to be interested […]

Norway 25 Spread Betting | Norway 25 Spread Trading The Norway 25 index is the index for companies on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE), and as such reflects the Norwegian economy. This exchange has not only Norwegian companies, but also attracts some international companies, mainly in the shipping and oil industries. It is one of […]