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The FTSE 100 Index, (pronounced as 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.

The full title is "The Financial Times Stock Exchange Index of 100 Leading Shares".

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 250 Index are promoted if their market capitalisations would place them in the top 90 firms of the FTSE 100 Index. As of 2004, the threshold is about 2 billion pounds.

The largest 5 companies in the index are: BP; HSBC Holdings; Vodafone Group; Royal Bank of Scotland Group; and GlaxoSmithKline.

The official names of all companies listed on this index usually include the abbreviation plc at the end of their name.

List of FTSE 100 Index Companies

(following official FTSE quarterly reclassification, 21st June 2004.)
  1. 3i
  2. Abbey National
  3. Alliance & Leicester
  4. Alliance Unichem
  5. Allied Domecq
  6. Amvescap
  7. Anglo American
  8. Antofagasta
  9. Associated British Foods
  10. AstraZeneca plc
  11. Aviva
  12. BAA
  13. BAE Systems
  14. Barclays BankBarclays Bank is the fourth largest bank in the United Kingdom. The bank can trace its routes back to 1690 in London. The name "Barclay" first arose in 1736. Today the bank is a global financial service provider operating in the UK, Europe, United States,
  15. BG Group
  16. BHP BillitonBHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. It was formed through the 2001 merger of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP), an Australian company, and Billiton, an originally Dutch mining company which was operated from London but with the maj
  17. The BOC GroupThe BOC Group is the official name of the multi-national industrial gas company more commonly known as BOC . As of 2003, BOC has over 44,000 employees on six continents, with sales of over £4. BOC is also the company's stock symbol on the London Stock Exc
  18. Boots Group
  19. BPThis article is about the corporation known as BP. See also BP (disambiguation BP (formerly British Petroleum and Amoco is a petroleum company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. BPAmoco was formed in December 1998 by what was officially described as
  20. Bradford and BingleyBradford and Bingley plc is a British bank headquartered in the Yorkshire town of Bingley. It was formed by the floatation of the former Bradford and Bingley Building Society in 1999. Previously, as a building society, the Bradford and Bingley was owned b
  21. British AirwaysFor the 1930s airline of similar name see British Airways Ltd. British Airways is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. It is also one of the largest airlines in the world, with the greatest number of flights from Europe to North America. History Bri
  22. British American TobaccoBritish American Tobacco BAT is the second largest cigarette company in the world. Established in in 1902, when The United Kingdom's Imperial Tobacco Company and The American Tobacco Company of the USA agree to form a joint venture, the British-American T
  23. British Land Company
  24. British Sky Broadcasting
  25. BT Group
  26. Bunzl
  27. Cable & Wireless
  28. Cadbury Schweppes
  29. Capita Group
  30. Carnival
  31. Centrica
  32. Compass Group
  33. Daily Mail & General Trust
  34. Diageo
  35. Dixons Group
  36. Emap
  37. Enterprise Inns
  38. Exel
  39. Friends Provident
  40. Gallaher Group
  41. GlaxoSmithKline
  42. GUS
  43. Hanson
  44. Hays
  45. HBOS
  46. Hilton Group
  47. HSBC Holdings
  48. Imperial Chemical Industries
  49. Imperial Tobacco Group
  50. InterContinental Hotels Group
  51. ITV
  52. J Sainsbury
  53. Johnson Matthey
  54. Kingfisher
  55. Land Securities Group
  56. Legal & General
  57. Liberty International
  58. Lloyds TSB Bank
  59. Man Group
  60. Marks and Spencer
  61. mmO2
  62. Wm Morrison Supermarkets
  63. National Grid Transco
  64. Next
  65. Northern Rock
  66. Old Mutual
  67. Pearson
  68. Prudential
  69. Reckitt Benckiser
  70. Reed Elsevier
  71. Rentokil Initial
  72. Reuters Group
  73. Rexam
  74. Rio Tinto
  75. Rolls-Royce Group
  76. Royal Bank of Scotland Group
  77. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance
  78. SABMillar
  79. Sage Group
  80. Schroders
  81. Scottish & Newcastle
  82. Scottish & Southern Energy
  83. Scottish Power
  84. Severn Trent
  85. Shell Transport & Trading Company
  86. Shire Pharmaceuticals Group
  87. Smith & Nephew
  88. Smiths Group
  89. Standard Chartered
  90. Tesco
  91. Tomkins
  92. Unilever
  93. United Utilities
  94. Vodafone Group
  95. Whitbread
  96. William Hill
  97. Wolseley
  98. WPP Group
  99. Xstrata
  100. Yell Group
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FTSE 100 IndexThe FTSE 100 Index (pronounced as 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 isFTSE 250 IndexThe FTSE 250 Index is a capitalisation weighted index of 250 companies on the London Stock Exchange. They are selected quarterly as being the 101st to 350th largest companies listed on the exchange. Promotions to and from the index take place quarterly. 
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