An index is a collective price measure of group of financial instruments. Blue Suisse offers currently 15+ CFD’s on indices from around the globe.
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What is an index?

An index measures the collective price performance of a group of shares, usually from a particular country. Indices are often used to track and compare the performance of stock markets. The performance of each index is dictated by the performance of the underlying share prices that make up that index. An index is constructed and calculated independently, sometimes by a bank or by a special index provider like the FTSE Group.

What effects indices price?

Any expected and unexpected news surrounding a company can cause movement in its share price and if the company is included in an Index, this could cause a movement in its index price.
Economic factors including interest rate changes, financial outlook and inflation all affect share prices and they could affect Indices' price.
Industry trends could often determine the price of shares because companies in the same industry often perform similarly, therefore if the company is included in an Index, those industry trends could cause change in the Index price as well.