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What Are Indices?

Global indices are powerful indicators representing the direction of companies’ quotes in specific industries. Investors generally trade indices to either speculate on a particular economy or to protect against the shares in their portfolio losing value. For example, a trader thinking the UK stock market will rise would buy the FTSE 100 instead of buying all the underlying shares in the FTSE and vice versa if the trader thinks the market would depreciate.

Index CFDs
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Trade indices with Scope Markets

Trade industry indices like the NAS100, WS30
Trade economy indices like the SP500, DAX40
No complexities - one-click buy, sell and close

Trade indices with leverage

Low investment cost with leverage
Minimum initial capital to open positions
Track whole industries and economies with one account

Trade falling and rising markets

Trade both long and short with no complexity
Long trading hours
Benefit from specific industry/economy strength or weakness

Indices Trading Conditions

Entries

Symbols	Description	Digits	Point	Contract Size	Volume Min	Volume Max	Volume Step	Leverage	Commission	Swaps Short	Swaps Long	Spread
NAS100	Nasdaq-100 Index	2	0.01	1	0.01	100	0.01	Up to 1:1000	$-	0.83	-9.83	190
AEX25	Netherlands AEX Index	2	0.01	1	0.01	100	0.01	Up to 1:100	$-	0.03	-7.93	97
CAC40	France 40 Index	2	0.01	1	0.01	100	0.01	Up to 1:100	$-	0.03	-7.93	250
ESP35	Spain IBEX 35 Index	2	0.01	1	0.01	100	0.01	Up to 1:100	$-	0.03	-7.93	1097
ESX50	Euro Stoxx 50 Index	1	0.1	10	0.01	10	0.01	Up to 1:100	$-	-2.50	-2.50	297
DAX40	Germany DAX 40 Index	2	0.01	1	0.01	100	0.01	Up to 1:1000	$-	0.03	-7.93	140
US2000	Russell 2000 Index	2	0.01	1	0.01	100	0.01	Up to 1:100	$-	0.83	-9.83	120
WS30	Dow Jones Index	2	0.01	1	0.01	100	0.01	Up to 1:1000	$-	0.83	-9.83	250
SP500	S&P 500 Index	2	0.01	1	0.01	100	0.01	Up to 1:1000	$-	0.83	-9.83	72
HSI50	Hang Seng Index	2	0.01	1	0.01	100	0.01	Up to 1:50	$-	0.26	-7.66	797

Please note that leverage differs by instrument. Kindly see the attached file for more information.

Spreads/swaps are in USD. If your account with Scope Markets is denominated in another currency, spreads/swaps will be shown in your respective currency of choice.

Spreads/swaps are indicative. For accurate, live spreads/swaps please refer to Scope Markets MetaTrader platform.

Trading Hours

Instrument	Market Hours (GMT-4)
WS30, YM	18:01–16:58
NAS100, NQ	18:01–16:58
SP500, ES	18:01–16:58
US2000, RTY	18:01–16:58
JPN225, NIY225	18:01–16:58
VIX	18:01–16:15, 16:30–16:58
DXY, DX	20:01–16:59 Sunday opening at 18:01
UK100	18:01–16:58
DAX40	18:01–20:00, 20:15–16:58 Sunday opening at 20:15
FTSE100	18:01–16:58
AX	20:15–16:58
AEX25, AEX	03:01–16:58
CAC40, FCE40	03:01–16:58
ESP35	03:01–14:58
ESX50, ESX50	03:01–16:58
SMI20	03:01–16:58
HSI50, HSI	21:15–00:00, 01:00–04:30, 05:15–14:59
AUS200, YAP	18:50–01:30, 02:10–16:00
AD15	02:00–06:44
DXBI	02:00–06:44
SA40	10:00–18:00
TWFTSE	20:45–01:45, 02:15–16:45
CNAH	21:00–04:30, 05:30–11:59, 12:02–16:45
CNA50	21:00–04:30, 05:30–11:59, 12:02–16:45