The GER 40 (indicative of the DAX 40) is an index that tracks the 40 largest companies being traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB), as measured by market capitalization and order book volume. Fortrade offers futures contracts on the index, with trading hours Monday-Friday, 07:01 – 20:59 GMT.
The idea of a stock market index is to measure how a certain segment of stocks on a particular exchange are trading, and it can be an effective indicator of the general stock market.
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