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The London Stock Exchange, where the FTSE is calculated

The FTSE 100 (often said 'foot-sie') is an important stock exchange in London, United Kingdom, similar to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, in the United States, or the CAC 40, in France. FTSE stands for Financial Times Stock Exchange. The 100 biggest companies in the United Kingdom are listed on it. The index took the place of the FT30 in January 1984.

It is calculated by computers in real time, and the cost of shares in the companies is reported every 15 seconds.

Companies

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

See also

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