Trading UK Sector Indices
Trade 14 Sector Indices including Energy, Banking and Mining with City Index.
Speculate on price movements of UK Sector Indices with a Spread Betting or CFD Trading account.
- Trade with just 10% margin
- Choice of 14 UK Sector Indices
- Fast and reliable execution
What are Sector Indices
Sector Indices represent a basket of sector-related shares and provide an overview of the overall industry that they represent.
They allow you to speculate on industry-wide trends without having to take multiple equity positions in a given sector. Sector Indices also enable you to hedge your portfolio or express a directional view of a market.
With City Index you can trade UK Sector Indices as a spread bet or CFD.
How to trade UK Sector Indices
Traders most often use fundamental analysis to determine a position on each specific sector.
Sectors with higher dividend yields often become more desirable in bearish markets; while sectors with lower dividend yields tend to fare better in bullish markets.
Many traders use Sector Indices to:
- Hedge equity positions
- Manage risk and volatility
- Gain exposure to large-cap equities
- Secure a source of liquidity
- Take a risk-reward position
Our UK Sector Indices
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Banking
Services and products relating to the holding of financial assets for others and investing.
Top-weighted constituents: Standard Chartered, HSBC, Lloyds, Barclays, 3i Group
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Mining
Metal and mineral resource location, extraction and production, including metals investing and trading.
Top-weighted constituents: Rio Tinto, BGP, CRH, Anglo American, Evraz
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Energy
Oil and gas exploration and production, pipeline transportation, refineries, and oil and gas equipment and services.
Top-weighted constituents: BP, Royal Dutch Shell (A&B), Glencore, DCC
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Consumer Services
Services targeted toward individuals, including accommodation, food and beverage retail, gaming, arts, entertainment and recreation.
Top weighted constituents: Compass Group, InterContinental, Whitbread, Carnival, TUI
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Consumer Non-Cyclicals
Products targeted toward individual and consumer needs, including groceries, beverages, health and personal care items.
Top-weighted constituents: Diageo, British American Tobacco, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, Tesco
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Industrials
Products and services for industrial use or with applications in aero-space, defence or security, transport, construction, and related infrastructure.
Top-weighted constituents: Wolseley, Rolls-Royce, BAE, IAG, Ashtead Group
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Consumer Cyclicals
Products and services that rely on strong economic conditions, usually due to their non-essential nature, including housing, entertainment, automotives and retail.
Top-weighted constituents: Associated British Foods, Burberry Group, Kingfisher, Inchcape, Sports Direct
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Finance
Financial products and services offered by institutions involved in banking, insurance, investment, speciality finance, and real estate.
Top-weighted constituents: HSBC, Lloyds, Prudential, Barclays, RBS
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Healthcare
Products and services that are designed, developed, and utilized in the promotion of health and well-being.
Top-weighted constituents: GSK, AstraZeneca, Smith & Nephew, Oxford Biomedica, NMC Health
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Non Energy
Basic and intermediate material products, including non-energy mining, forestry, timber logging, and lumber production.
Top-weighted constituents: BHP, Rio Tinto, Anglo American, CRH, Mondi
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Technology
Semiconductor, electronic, and optics-based products and related software.
Top-weighted constituents: RELX, Sage Group, Auto Trader, Informa, Micro Focus
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Telecommunications
Services designed to promote or enhance transmission of voice, data, and video over various communications mediums.
Top-weighted constituents: BT, Inmarsat, KCOM, TalkTalk, Vodafone
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Utilities
Gas, electricity, and water services delivered directly to residential and commercial users.
Top-weighted constituents: National Grid, SSE, Centrica, United Utilities, Severn Trent
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Business Services
Services targeted toward businesses, including administrative, support, janitorial, and professional services.
Top-weighted constituents: Experian, WPP, Intertek Group, Rentokil, G4S
What moves UK Sector Indices?
UK Sector Indices tend to be affected by broader market movement which affects the price of many companies. Typical examples include:
- The performance of the shares within that index
- Good or bad news affecting several big companies in that sector
- Changes to interest rates
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- At City Index we provide 11 unique UK Sector Indices
- Trade with a margin of 10%
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