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Learn more about US Tech 100 trading – from major price drivers to potential trading strategies. Read on to find out how to trade CFDs on the popular US index with Capital.com.
Learn more about US Tech 100Spread | 1.8 | ||||||||
Long position overnight fee
Long position overnight funding adjustment
Go to platform | -0.026235% | ||||||||
Short position overnight fee
Short position overnight funding adjustment
Go to platform | 0.004012% | ||||||||
Overnight fee time | 21:00 (UTC) | ||||||||
Min traded quantity | 0.01 | ||||||||
Currency | USD | ||||||||
Margin | 0.50% | ||||||||
Stock exchange | United States of America | ||||||||
Commission on trade | 0% |
Date | Close | Change | Change (%) | Open | High | Low |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 9, 2024 | 18494.6 | 81.2 | 0.44% | 18413.4 | 18502.6 | 18408.9 |
Sep 8, 2024 | 18414.4 | 23.4 | 0.13% | 18391.0 | 18428.1 | 18354.4 |
Sep 6, 2024 | 18342.6 | -525.4 | -2.78% | 18868.0 | 18937.3 | 18306.4 |
Sep 5, 2024 | 18867.9 | -15.4 | -0.08% | 18883.3 | 19108.0 | 18785.8 |
Sep 4, 2024 | 18883.2 | -24.4 | -0.13% | 18907.6 | 19066.1 | 18776.1 |
Sep 3, 2024 | 18907.3 | -623.7 | -3.19% | 19531.0 | 19596.7 | 18862.4 |
Sep 2, 2024 | 19530.0 | -5.5 | -0.03% | 19535.5 | 19632.4 | 19462.0 |
Sep 1, 2024 | 19535.9 | -21.5 | -0.11% | 19557.4 | 19575.6 | 19519.1 |
Aug 30, 2024 | 19540.9 | 171.7 | 0.89% | 19369.2 | 19582.8 | 19321.5 |
Aug 29, 2024 | 19369.3 | 237.5 | 1.24% | 19131.8 | 19630.8 | 19130.3 |
Aug 28, 2024 | 19131.0 | -387.5 | -1.99% | 19518.5 | 19622.0 | 19079.3 |
Aug 27, 2024 | 19518.3 | 17.7 | 0.09% | 19500.6 | 19621.7 | 19372.3 |
Aug 26, 2024 | 19499.9 | -188.4 | -0.96% | 19688.3 | 19770.3 | 19433.8 |
Aug 25, 2024 | 19687.8 | -22.5 | -0.11% | 19710.3 | 19752.1 | 19641.6 |
Aug 23, 2024 | 19695.8 | 144.0 | 0.74% | 19551.8 | 19823.3 | 19514.4 |
Aug 22, 2024 | 19551.9 | -294.2 | -1.48% | 19846.1 | 19938.0 | 19456.2 |
Aug 21, 2024 | 19847.8 | 149.3 | 0.76% | 19698.5 | 19896.6 | 19685.4 |
Aug 20, 2024 | 19699.4 | -66.1 | -0.33% | 19765.5 | 19838.1 | 19650.8 |
Aug 19, 2024 | 19765.4 | 207.4 | 1.06% | 19558.0 | 19784.5 | 19435.5 |
Aug 18, 2024 | 19557.9 | 28.2 | 0.14% | 19529.7 | 19583.0 | 19529.0 |
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The US Tech 100 is a tradeable market with Capital.com, enabling you to take a position on an index comprising the most highly capitalised US tech companies using CFDs.
The US Tech 100 is a US stock market index which tracks the performance of the top 100 blue-chip companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Reviewed every quarter, the index comprises non-financial companies and arranges them with market capitalisation as a key criteria, meaning the most capitalised stocks are placed higher in the list. Inclusion is also dependent on liquidity.
As a closely-followed index, the US Tech 100 is often seen as a proxy for US stock market health and the domestic economy.
Some of the largest companies included in the US Tech 100 index at the time of writing are Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) and Nvidia (NVDA). Given their size, these companies retain top index spots, but lesser-capitalised companies are more likely to change position in the index, or even drop out to be replaced by new stocks that have become sufficiently capitalised to join.
To learn more about the US Tech 100, you can visit our guide to trading the US Tech 100. To trade our US Tech 100 market, you can open an account with us – or practise trading the other indices markets on a demo account.
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