The Ftse 100 Companies
London
Stock Market
The
Ftse 100 Companies
The Ftse 100
companies are generally the
top 100 companies by market capitalization listed on the
London
Stock Exchange, and include
some of the worlds best known household names. Ftse 100 constituents
include companies such as HSBC, Bp,
Vodafone, British and American Tobacco, etc...
Inclusion into the stock Index is not automatic and to be included into
the
Ftse 100 Index, potential constituents must also meet certain criteria
laid down by the Index rules and it could be that although a stocks
market capitalization has risen and qualifies it for entry, it could be
judged that its current level of share price is unlikely to be
maintained, and as such it may fail to be included initially.
Short term fluctuations in share prices mean that there will always be
a few companies who could be considered to be included but stability of
the index is maintained by the committee of experts who manage the Ftse 100 index.
List of the Ftse 100 Companies
(Correct
at time of publication Aug 2012)
Company
/ ID Code
AB
Food / ABF
Aberdeen Asset Management / ADN
Admiral Group / ADM
Aggreko / AGK
Amec / AMEC
Anglo American / AAL
Antofagasta / ANTO
Arm Holdings / ARM
Ashmore / ASHM
AstraZeneca / AZN
Aviva / AV.
Babcock Intl / BAB
BAE Systems / BA.
Barclays / BARC
BG Group / BG.
BHP Billiton / BLT
BP / BP.
British American Tobacco / BATS
British Land Co / BLND
BSkyB
/ BSY
BT Group / BT.A
Bunzl / BNZL
Burberry Group / BRBY
Capita Group / CPI
Capital Shopping Centres Grp / CSCG
Carnival / CCL
Centrica / CNA
Compass Group / CPG
CRH / CRH
Croda Intl / CRDA
Diagio / DGE
Eurasian Natural Resources / ENRC
Evraz / EVR
Experian / EXPN
Fresnillo / FRES
G4S / GFS
GKN / GKN
GlaxoSmithKline / GSK
Glencore / GLEN
Hammerson / HMSO
Hargreaves Lansdown / HL.
HSBC Holdings / HSBA
ICAP / IAP
IMI / IMI
Imperial Tobacco Group / IMT
InterContinental Hotels Grp / IHG
Intertek Group / ITRK
International Consolidated Airlines / IAG
ITV / ITV
Johnson Matthey / JMAT
Kazakhmys / KAZ
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Company
/ ID Code
Kingfisher
/ KGF
Land Securities Group / LAND
Legal & General Group / LGEN
Lloyds Banking Group / LLOY
Marks & Spencer Group / MKS
Meggitt / MGGT
Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets / MRW
National Grid / NG.
Next / NXT
Old Mutual / OML
Pearson / PSON
Pennon Grp / PNN
Petrofac / PFC
Polymet Intl / POLY
Prudential / PRU
Randgold Resources / RRS
Reckitt Benckiser Group / RB.
Reed Elsevier / REL
Resolution / RSL
Rexam / REX
Rio Tinto / RIO
Rolls-Royce Group / RR.
Royal Bank Of Scotland Grp / RBS
Royal Dutch Shell A / RDSA
Royal Dutch Shell B / RDSB
RSA Insurance Grp / RSA
SABMiller / SAB
Sage
Group / SGE
Sainsbury (J) / SBRY
Schroders / SDR
Serco Group / SRP
Severn Trent / SVT
Shire / SHP
Smith & Nephew / SN.
Smiths Group / SMIN
SSE / SSE
Standard Chartered / STAN
Standard Life / SL.
Tate & Lyle / TATE
Tesco / TSCO
Tullow Oil / TLW
Unilever / ULVR
United Utilities Group / UU.
Vedanta Resources / VED
Vodafone Group / VOD
Weir Group / WEIR
Whitbread / WTB
Wolseley / WOS
WPP / WPP
Xstrata / XTA
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Who Decides What Stocks go into
the FTSE 100 Index
The constituents of the
Ftse
100 index are the largest 100 companies by
capitalization
listed on the London Stock Exchange. The list of Ftse 100 companies
is reviewed quarterly and those Ftse 100 companies that have seen their
share market
capitalization fall may be replaced in the index by the ones that have
seen their
capitalization raised up into the top 100, providing they meet the
indexes rules.
Inclusion into the Ftse 100 index is very
prestigious and can lead to a boost for shareholders of a company as
the Footsie 100
indexes
funds and trackers may have to increase their shareholding
to maintain their balance and their ability to mirror the indexes
movements when a new company is admitted in to it. Conversely the
outgoing Ftse 100
companies can see a drop in value as their shares are
offloaded.
Share
prices
can seem to contradict this as investors
preempt the move and position themselves ahead of the official
announcement.
The quarterly reviews are conducted by
Independent committees of experts are who ultimately decide which
stocks are included into the Footsie 100 index, and which ones are
dropped.
Ftse
Sectors / Footsie 100 Index Sectors
The
Ftse
100 companies are also categorized into the different Ftse
sectors
according to their nature of business. These are different groups of
companies within the indexes with a similar type of business.
Comparing the performance of the individual Ftse sectors
themselves can
also help to identify potential investment opportunities if any are
lagging the trend.
Comparing
the individual constituents within the same sector can help to identify
those companies whose share prices may be under performing or represent
a value investment.
The
Ftse
index sectors themselves can be traded. This is another
way of
targeting a particular area of the market that may be expected to out
perform the wider market, rather than trading an individual footsie 100 share
that
may or may not do well within that group of related stocks. Find out
more about Trading
the Ftse sectors at Capital Spreads.
Ftse Sectors / Footsie 100 Index
Sectors
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Aerospace
& Defence
Banks
Beverages
Chemicals
Construction
& Materials
Electricity
Electronic
& Electrical Equipment
Equity
Investment Instruments
Fixed
Line Telecoms
Food
& Drug Retailers
Food
Producers
FTSE
Mid 250
General
Retailers
Healthcare
Equipment and Services
Household
Goods & Home Construction
Industrial
Engineering
Industrial
Transportation
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Leisure,
Entertainment and Hotels
Life Assurance
Media
Mining
Mobile Telecoms
Non-life Insurance
Oil & Gas Produers
Oil Equipment & Services
Personal Goods
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Speciality Finance
Software & Computer Services
Support Services
Techmark
Technology Hardware & Equipment
Tobacco
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SEDOL Codes
SEDOL
Masterfile (SMF) is the official codes
used by the LSE to identify global securities which are issued one per
country for each place of listing or trade. Each SEDOL is partnered
with a Market Identification Code which also creates a unique market
level identifier. The LSE
provides
reference data on the millions of global multi-asset securities
identified in the market by its unique SEDOL code. The SEDOL Masterfile database
can be accessed and searched online at www.sedol.co.uk
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