FTSE 100 Index

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The FTSE 100 Index (IPA: /ˈfʊtsiː/, footsie) is a share index of the 100 most highly capitalised companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. The index began on 3 January 1984 with a base level of 1000; the highest value reached to date is 6950.6, on 30 December 1999.

The index is maintained by the FTSE Group, an independent company which originated as a joint venture between the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange.

FTSE 100 companies represent about 80% of the market capitalisation of the whole London Stock Exchange. Even though the FTSE All-Share Index is more comprehensive, the FTSE 100 is by far the most widely used UK stock market indicator. Other related indices are the FTSE 250 Index (which lists the next largest 250 companies after the FTSE 100), the FTSE 350 Index (which is the aggregation of the FTSE 100 and 250), FTSE SmallCap Index and FTSE Fledgling. The FTSE All-Share aggregates the FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and FTSE SmallCap.

The constituents of the index are determined quarterly; the largest companies in the FTSE 250 Index are promoted if their market capitalisation would place them in the top 90 firms of the FTSE 100 Index. As of 2006, the threshold for inclusion is about £2.9 billion. As of 29 December 2006 the 6 largest constituents of the index were BP, Royal Dutch Shell, HSBC Holdings, the Vodafone Group, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and GlaxoSmithKline, which were each valued at more than £60 billion.

Component companies must meet a number of requirements set out by the FTSE Group, including having a full listing on the London Stock Exchange with a Sterling or Euro dominated price on SETS, and meeting certain tests on nationality, free float, and liquidity.

Most of the companies listed on this index usually include the abbreviation plc at the end of their name, indicating their status of public limited company.

Trading lasts from 08.00-16.29 (when the closing auction starts), and closing values are taken at 16.35

[edit] List of FTSE 100 companies

This reflects the removal of the temporary line of Dr Pepper Snapple Group shares after the close on 8 May 2008.

There are 100 companies in the index, but a total of 102 listings as two classes of shares are included for Royal Dutch Shell and Schroders.

  1. 3i
  2. Admiral Group
  3. Alliance & Leicester
  4. Alliance Trust
  5. AMEC
  6. Anglo American
  7. Antofagasta
  8. Associated British Foods
  9. AstraZeneca
  10. Aviva
  11. BAE Systems
  12. BG Group
  13. BHP Billiton
  14. BP
  15. BT Group
  16. Barclays Bank
  17. British Airways
  18. British American Tobacco
  19. British Energy Group
  20. British Land Company
  21. British Sky Broadcasting Group
  22. Bunzl
  23. Cable & Wireless
  24. Cadbury plc
  25. Cairn Energy
  26. Capita Group
  27. Carnival
  28. Carphone Warehouse
  29. Centrica
  30. Cobham
  31. Compass Group
  32. Diageo
  33. Enterprise Inns
  34. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
  35. Experian
  36. FirstGroup
  37. Friends Provident
  38. G4S
  39. GlaxoSmithKline
  40. HBOS
  41. HSBC
  42. Hammerson
  43. Home Retail Group
  44. ICAP
  45. ITV
  46. Imperial Tobacco
  47. InterContinental Hotels Group
  48. International Power
  49. Johnson Matthey
  50. Kazakhmys
  51. Kingfisher
  52. Land Securities Group
  53. Legal & General
  54. Liberty International
  55. Lloyds TSB
  56. London Stock Exchange Group
  57. Lonmin
  58. Man Group
  59. Marks & Spencer
  60. Wm Morrison Supermarkets
  61. National Grid
  62. Next
  63. Old Mutual
  64. Pearson
  65. Persimmon
  66. Prudential
  67. RSA Insurance Group
  68. Reckitt Benckiser
  69. Reed Elsevier
  70. Rexam
  71. Rio Tinto Group
  72. Rolls-Royce Group
  73. Royal Bank of Scotland Group
  74. Royal Dutch Shell
  75. SABMiller
  76. Sage Group
  77. J Sainsbury
  78. Schroders
  79. Scottish and Southern Energy
  80. Severn Trent
  81. Shire Pharmaceuticals Group
  82. Smith & Nephew
  83. Smiths Group
  84. Standard Chartered Bank
  85. Standard Life
  86. Tate & Lyle
  87. Tesco
  88. Thomas Cook Group
  89. Thomson Reuters
  90. TUI Travel
  91. Tullow Oil
  92. Unilever
  93. United Utilities
  94. Vedanta Resources
  95. Vodafone
  96. WPP Group
  97. Whitbread
  98. Wolseley
  99. Wood Group
  100. Xstrata

[edit] Market capitalisation

The following table lists the 33 FTSE 100 companies which had a market capitalisation of £10 billion or more on 31 December 2007, the last trading day of 2007.

Rank Company Capitalisation (£m)
1 Royal Dutch Shell 134,376.32
2 BP 116,722.52
3 HSBC 99,573.75
4 Vodafone Group 98,837.71
5 GlaxoSmithKline 71,305.15
6 Rio Tinto Group[1] 53,249.29
7 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 44,741.32
8 Anglo American 40,826.49
9 British American Tobacco 40,264.60
10 BG Group 38,663.88
11 Tesco 37,547.56
12 BHP Billiton[2] 35,131.42
13 Xstrata 34,494.18
14 Barclays plc 32,975.87
15 AstraZeneca 32,017.50
16 Diageo 28,326.51
17 HBOS 27,543.08
18 Lloyds TSB 26,574.59
19 Standard Chartered 25,801.42
20 Unilever[3] 24,758.06
21 BT Group 22,026.04
22 National Grid 21,690.25
23 SABMiller 21,188.52
24 Reckitt Benckiser 20,852.97
25 Imperial Tobacco Group 18,381.72
26 Prudential 17,514.73
27 BAE Systems 17,468.18
28 Aviva 17,463.78
29 Scottish and Southern Energy 14,021.28
30 Centrica 13,165.69
31 Cadbury Schweppes 13,052.16
32 British Sky Broadcasting 10,850.10
33 Rolls-Royce 10,468.82

Source: File linked from this page on the London Stock Exchange's official site. Companies which do not have their primary listing on the London Stock Exchange are not eligible for membership of the FTSE 100 Index and have been excluded.

[edit] Previous members of the FTSE 100 index

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source: FTSE: FTSE 100 Constituent ChangesPDF (56.6 KB)

[edit] FT 30

The oldest continuous index in the UK, the FT 30 which began in 1935 is now largely redundant. Of the original constituents[7], three are currently in the FTSE 100: Imperial Tobacco, Tate & Lyle and Rolls Royce, although Rolls Royce has not been continuously listed and Imperial Tobacco was a subsidiary of Hanson plc for a number of years. ICI was removed when it was taken over by Akzo Nobel in January 2008. A further two are still listed but not in the FTSE 100: Guest Keen & Nettlefolds (GKN) and Woolworths, although Woolworths has also not been continuously listed. Two of the original FT 30 companies are still in that index[8]: GKN and Tate & Lyle (membership is not strictly based on market capitalisation, so this does not mean they are necessarily among the top 30 companies in the FTSE 100). The best performer from the original line-up has been Imperial Tobacco.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ : Rio Tinto Group is a dual listed company. The figure shown represents only the majority stake owned by Rio Tinto Plc.
  2. ^ : BHP Billiton is a dual listed company. The figure represents only the minority stake owned by BHP Billiton Plc.
  3. ^ : Unilever is a dual listed company. The figure represents only the minority stake owned by Unilever Plc.
  4. ^ : Acquisition by Lloyds
  5. ^ : Acquisition by Deutsche Bank
  6. ^ : Unification of companies
  7. ^ Original constituents
  8. ^ Remaining companies in the FT30
  9. ^ Eckett, Stephen (ed.) (2004), The UK Stock Market Almanac 2005, Petersfield, Harriman House. ISBN 1-897597-46-0

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As of 2 May 2008.

3i · Admiral Group · Alliance & Leicester · Alliance Trust · AMEC · Anglo American · Antofagasta · Associated British Foods · AstraZeneca · Aviva · BAE Systems · BG Group · BHP Billiton · BP · BT Group · Barclays · British Airways · British American Tobacco · British Energy Group · British Land Company · British Sky Broadcasting Group · Bunzl · Cable & Wireless · Cadbury · Cairn Energy · Capita Group · Carnival · Carphone Warehouse · Centrica · Cobham · Compass Group · Diageo · Enterprise Inns · Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation · Experian · FirstGroup · Friends Provident · G4S · GlaxoSmithKline · HBOS · HSBC · Hammerson · Home Retail Group · ICAP · ITV · Imperial Tobacco · InterContinental Hotels Group · International Power · Johnson Matthey · Kazakhmys · Kingfisher · Land Securities Group · Legal & General · Liberty International · Lloyds TSB · London Stock Exchange Group · Lonmin · Man Group · Marks & Spencer · Wm Morrison Supermarkets · National Grid · Next · Old Mutual · Pearson · Persimmon · Prudential · RSA Insurance Group · Reckitt Benckiser · Reed Elsevier · Rexam · Rio Tinto Group · Rolls-Royce Group · Royal Bank of Scotland Group · Royal Dutch Shell · SABMiller · Sage Group · J Sainsbury · Schroders · Scottish and Southern Energy · Severn Trent · Shire · Smith & Nephew · Smiths Group · Standard Chartered Bank · Standard Life · Tate & Lyle · Tesco · Thomas Cook Group · Thomson Reuters · TUI Travel · Tullow Oil · Unilever · United Utilities · Vedanta Resources · Vodafone · WPP Group · Whitbread · Wolseley · Wood Group · Xstrata
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