LONDON, May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The hotly awaited IPO of Glencore International launched spectacularly last week with the first day's volume of business being more than ten times the volume of the second most traded equity in the FTSE 100. Over GBP290 billion worth of shares were traded during the first day alone.

On Tuesday 24th May, Glencore International will start trading in the FTSE 100 and, for 1 week,WorldSpreads clients will be eligible to spread bet on this stock spread free.

WorldSpreads, who launched "Zero Spreads" in 2010, is happy to offer this spread free product to our existing Active and Platinum account holders from market open on Tuesday 24th May to market close on Tuesday 31st May.

Using the Friday 20th May closing price of GBP5.24 and based on the average client transaction size in Glencore, two round trips over the course of this week could save the average trader GBP154.

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