Excerpt from:  Stock Indices CFDs and Spread Bets
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September 13, 2007

FTSE 100 Index Reverses Course

Spread bets and CFDs on stock indices
Spread betting on the FTSE 100 index should take into account that the index as a whole is reversing course, even though some of the stocks on the index are falling. Bloomberg reports on the gains made by the FTSE 100 index:

The FTSE 100 Index gained 7.9, or 0.1 percent, to 6,314.1 at 12:49 p.m. as 62 stocks retreated.

The main stocks bringing up the FTSE 100 index are Cable & Wireless and BT Group, which are both posting siginificant gains.
 

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