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London Stock Exchange
FTSE 100 Stock Index
The FTSE 100 is the United Kingdom's premier stock index. The FTSE 100 is provided by the London Stock Exchangein the United Kingdom, and includes the one hundred largest (in terms of capitalisation) british companies that are traded on the London stock exchange. The FTSE 100 is calculated in real time from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM British Time, using the prices of the one hundred individual stocks from the London stock exchange.
Performance
Over the past ten years, the FTSE 100 stock index has reached a low of 3491 (March 2003) and an all time high of 6732 (June 2007).
Derivatives
The FTSE 100 futures and options markets are the main FTSE 100 derivatives, and these are traded on the Euronext electronic exchange (LIFFE CONNECT) from 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM British Time. The FTSE 100 futures market is the most actively traded FTSE 100 derivative, and is one of the preferred markets of british professional traders.
Contract Specifications
The contract specifications for the FTSE 100 futures market (Z) are as follows:
| Symbol Expiration Exchange Contract Value Tick Size Tick Value |
Z Third Friday of every third month Euronext (LIFFE) £10 0.5 £5 |
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Constituents
As of March 2011, the FTSE 100 stock index includes the following one hundred companies:
3I
Admiral
African Barrick Gold
Aggreko
Alliance Trust
AMEC
Anglo American
Antofagasta
ARM
Associated British Foods
AstraZeneca
Autonomy
Aviva
BAE Systems
BG
BHP Billiton
BP
BT
Barclays
British American Tobacco
British Land
British Sky Broadcasting
Bunzl
Burberry
Cairn Energy
Capita
Capital Shopping Centres
Carnival
Centrica
Compass
Diageo
Essar Energy
Eurasian Natural Resources
Experian
Fresnillo
G4S
GKN
GlaxoSmithKline
HSBC
Hammerson
ICAP
IMI
Imperial Tobacco
Inmarsat
International Airlines
InterContinental Hotels
International Power
Intertek
Invensys
Investec
Johnson Matthey
Kazakhmys
Kingfisher
Land Securities
Legal & General
Lloyds Banking
Lonmin
Man
Marks & Spencer
Wm Morrison
National Grid
Next
Old Mutual
Pearson
Petrofac
Prudential
RSA Insurance
Randgold Resources
Reckitt Benckiser
Reed Elsevier
Resolution
Rexam
Rio Tinto
Rolls-Royce
Royal Bank of Scotland
Royal Dutch Shell
SABMiller
Sage
J. Sainsbury
Schroders
Scottish and Southern Energy
Serco
Severn Trent
Shire
Smith & Nephew
Smiths
Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Life
Tesco
TUI Travel
Tullow Oil
Unilever
United Utilities
Vedanta Resources
Vodafone
WPP
Weir
Whitbread
Wolseley
Xstrata