City Index Pioneers First Live Financial Trading App for BlackBerry OS6

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Aug 09, 2011, 05:29 ET

LONDON, August 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Award-winning financial trading provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) has announced the launch of the first live spread betting and CFD trading app for BlackBerry, City Trading™.

The application is available now for the BlackBerry OS6, providing customers with full and secure 24/7 access to their trading accounts, including advanced features such as streaming charts with technical indicators, latest prices and market movements.

The launch to the BlackBerry OS6 platform opens up new possibilities for traders using the number one pre-paid smartphone in the UK.

Joshua Raymond, Chief Market Strategist at City Index, said: "This unprecedented app for BlackBerry will allow City Index customers to trade whenever they what, wherever they are, with the most powerful mobile trading tools in the industry available at their fingertips.

"We recognise that our clients have hectic lifestyles and the ability to trade on the move has become necessity. City Index is proud to be the leaders in mobile trading, and this latest app further reinforces our commitment to providing our customers with unrivalled access to cutting edge technology and the most innovative products available."

The live spread betting app City Trading™ was first launched by City Index in October 2009 for the iPhone™, making it the industry's first live trading app for the Apple handset. The spread betting and CFD trading provider offers its customers 24-hour live prices on thousands of global markets through its award-winning mobile trading platforms and apps now spanning iPhone, Android, Java, Windows Mobile, and now BlackBerry.

To access City Trading™ on your BlackBerry, just visit the BlackBerry Market on your mobile device, search for City Trading™ and download.

To learn more about the range of mobile trading platforms available at City Index visit:

http://www.cityindex.co.uk/trading-platform/

Spread betting and CFD trading are leveraged products which can result in losses greater than your initial deposit. Ensure you fully understand the risks.

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About City Index:

Today more and more individual traders are discovering the benefits of derivatives, and many of them are discovering them through a City Index trading platform.

As a group, we transact in excess of 1.5 million trades every month for individuals in over 50 countries worldwide. We provide access to a wide range of instruments including margined foreign exchange, contracts for difference (CFDs) and, in the UK, financial spread betting.

We constantly look to widen the range of assets we offer, improve the performance of our platforms and expand the range of services we provide. The result is that our customers benefit from innovative trading tools with transparent pricing, competitive spreads, and a high standard of customer service and support. To start spread betting with City Index, open your account at:

http://www.cityindex.co.uk/spread-betting/start-spread-betting.aspx

SOURCE City Index