What is an index?

A market index enables traders to handily arrive at the value of the entire market. Discover the capitalisation-weighted FTSE 100 (or the Footsie) or the price-weighted the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Master the market index classification, be it exchange-based, country-based, region-based, etc.

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Please note that this video has been uploaded prior to the adoption of the product intervention measures on CFDs to by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

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