Why are the names of the Indices different?

Modified on Wed, 28 May at 4:30 PM

You’ve probably noticed that for indices we use names that are different from the real ones. For example, the famous German DAX index is called Germany 40 and the AEX is called NL 25. That’s not because these indices are not real but derived.

The “DAX” name, for example, is a trademark. In order to use this trademark, APM needs to pay a substantial sum of money each year. In order to keep trading with us affordable, we’ve decided to use different names so we don’t have to pay for the use of the trademark – keeping the cost of trading super low: it’s as simple as that!**

Below you can see the Official names and names of the indices in the app:

Official	In the app
DAX	Germany 40
CAC 40	France 40
AEX	NL 25
FTSE 100	UK 100
Standard & Poors 500	US 500
Nasdaq	US Tech 100
Dow Jones	Wall Street 30
Hang Seng	Hong Kong 50
Nikkei	Japan 225
FTSE China 50	China A 50
Singapore MSCI	Singapore
OMX Stockholm 30 Index	Sweden30
Euro Stoxx 50	EU 50
FTSE Switzerland	Swiss Index

** Sometimes there is a small difference between the price of an index in the app and the price of an index in the market. We link the price of an index to the "Future" of this index, which often has longer opening hours. If the underlying "Future" products are closed, then we look at related products in the market and adjust the price accordingly. This way, we can offer certain indices almost 24 hours a day. The price of an index in the app is almost always between the bid and ask price of the market and is the same for all of our clients. All the opening times are mentioned over here.