Understanding the markets

Here's our short overview of the different markets offered by LSE Spreads:

Equities

Equities or shares represent holdings of ownership of public limited companies. When shares are listed, this means they are available to be bought and sold on national exchanges such as the London Stock Exchange (LSE)..... >>More

Indices

Equity market indices were invented at the end of the 19th century in order to get a general idea of how share prices were performing overall. The first index to be created was by one Charles Dow in 1896.....>>More

Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange is the buying and the selling of foreign exchange in pairs of currencies. For example you may buy US dollars and sell Euros or you buy UK Pounds Sterling and sell Japanese Yen.....>>More

Commodities

The term "commodity" is usually understood to mean futures contracts on physical assets such as metals, energy, grains, livestock, food and fibre. These products are traded on a futures basis with the futures contracts being listed on various exchanges.....>>More

Trading Derivatives

Derivatives are a form of financial contract which are based on the price movements of an underlying instrument, such as an equity, index or currency, but which do not actually involve buying or selling the instrument itself. Premium Securities are an example of a derivative contract.

 
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