Barclays (UK) CFD

Barclays is one of the leading UK-based commercial and retail banks, with additional commercial and investment banking operations around the world. Today, the Barclays share price is a good overall indicator of the health of the UK banking industry. Barclays is one of the oldest brands in UK banking and Barclays stock is widely held by institutional and private investors globally. As a bank it is recognised for a number of firsts, such as deployment of the world’s first cash dispenser. As a FTSE constituent, the Barclays share price goes towards the daily calculation of the FTSE 100 index. The Barclays share price is also used as the basis for any Barclays CFD, allowing traders to take advantage of the Barclays share price without having to own Barclays stock.