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FTSE 100 Index

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The FTSE 100 Index, (commonly referred to as the footsie) is a share index of the 100 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. The FTSE 100 Index is seen as a barometer of success of the British economy and is the leading share index in Europe. The index is maintained by the FTSE Group, which originated as a joint venture of the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange.

Related indices are the FTSE 250 Index which lists the next largest 250 companies; the FTSE 350 Index which combines the FTSE 100 and 250, and the FT All Share Index which quotes all listed companies.

The constituents of the index are determined quarterly. The largest companies in the FTSE 350 Index are promoted if their market capitalisations would place them in the top 90% of the FTSE 100 Index.

The largest 5 companies in the index are: British Petroleum; HSBC Holdings; Vodafone Group; Royal Bank of Scotland; and Glaxo-Smithkline.

List of FTSE 100 Index Companies

(as at 1st March 2004)

  1. 3i
  2. Abbey National
  3. Alliance and Leicester
  4. Alliance Unichem
  5. Allied Domecq
  6. Amersham
  7. Amvescap
  8. Anglo American
  9. Associated British Foods
  10. Astra Zeneca
  11. Aviva
  12. B Sky B
  13. British Airports Authority
  14. BAE Systems
  15. Barclays Bank
  16. British American Tobacco
  17. BG
  18. BHP Billiton
  19. BOC Group
  20. Boots
  21. British Petroleum
  22. Bradford and Bingley
  23. British Airways
  24. British Land
  25. BT Group
  26. Bunzl
  27. Cable and Wireless
  28. Cadbury Schweppes
  29. Carnival
  30. Centrica
  31. Compass
  32. Daily Mail
  33. Diaego
  34. Dixons
  35. EMAP
  36. Exel
  37. Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust
  38. Friends Provident
  39. Gallacher
  40. GKN
  41. Glaxo-Smithkline
  42. Great Universal Stores
  43. Hanson
  44. Hays
  45. HBOS
  46. Hilton International
  47. HSBC Holdings
  48. Imperial Chemical Industries
  49. Imperial Tobacco
  50. Inter-Continental Hotels
  51. ITV
  52. Johnson Mat
  53. Kingfisher
  54. Land Securities
  55. Legal and General
  56. Liberty International
  57. Lloyds-TSB
  58. Man Group
  59. Marks and Spencer
  60. mmO2
  61. Morrison(Wm)
  62. National Grid-Transco
  63. Next
  64. Northern Rock
  65. Old Mutual
  66. Pearson
  67. Prudential
  68. Reckitt Benckieser
  69. Reed
  70. Rentokil
  71. Reuters
  72. Rexam
  73. Rio Tinto
  74. Rolls Royce
  75. Royal Bank of Scotland
  76. Royal Sun-Alliance
  77. SABMillar
  78. Safeway
  79. Sage
  80. Sainsburys
  81. Schroders
  82. Scottish and Newcastle
  83. Scottish and Southern Energy
  84. Scottish Power
  85. Severn Trent
  86. Shell Transport and Trading
  87. Shire Pharmaceuticals
  88. Smith and Nephew
  89. Smiths Industrial
  90. Standard Chartered Bank
  91. Tesco
  92. Tomkins
  93. Unilever
  94. United Utilities
  95. Vodafone Group
  96. Whitbread
  97. Wolseley
  98. WPP Group
  99. Xstrata
  100. Yell Group