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Banks move higher as FTSE gains ground ahead of US Federal Reserve meeting
guardian.co.uk  9 hrs ago  Comment 
Investors await news from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke on extent of its bond buying programme Banks were better but miners missed out as leading shares moved higher ahead of Wednesday's US Federal Reserve meeting. The FTSE 100 finished 43.72 points...
Whitbread gains on Costa sales growth
Financial Times  Jun 18  Comment 
Strong sales at its Costa Coffee chain help push shares of Whitbread to the top of the FTSE 100. Aggreko stocks fall on flat profit forecast
Exchanges Sector Heads Into Half Year In Positive Territory
Mondo Visione  Jun 18  Comment 
With six months steady growth, the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index is tracking to the half year in positive territory – the longest period of consistent growth the Index has experienced for some years. The Index*, which aims to...
FTSE Adds New ‘Food, Agriculture And Forestry’ Sector To Environmental Markets Series
Mondo Visione  Jun 17  Comment 
New Environmental Markets index sector identifies food, agriculture and forestry industries as playing major role in providing solutions to global environmental challenges Inclusion reflects changing market for environmental investment 31...
Stock Exchange of Thailand: Siam Makro And TRUE Corporation To Enter The FTSE SET Large Cap Index After The June Semi-Annual Review
Mondo Visione  Jun 17  Comment 
2 additions to FTSE SET Large Cap 10 additions to the FTSE SET Mid-Cap Index 22 additions to the FTSE SET Shariah Index FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the award-winning global index provider and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (“SET”)...
London Markets: Oil firms boost FTSE 100 after upgrade
MarketWatch  Jun 17  Comment 
Oil firms lead U.K. stocks higher after a broker upgrade while shares of GlaxoSmithKline PLC also show upbeat moves after a target price lift.
UK lenders subdued on Co-op revamp
Financial Times  Jun 17  Comment 
More cautious feel on FTSE index as trade across global markets is wary ahead of pivotal monetary policy meeting at the Federal Reserve
FTSE 100 sees early gains with defensive stocks in focus
guardian.co.uk  Jun 17  Comment 
Reckitt Benckiser rises after positive note from Citigroup points to pharma business being undervalued Leading shares have started the week on a positive note, with investors focusing on defensive stocks including consumer goods companies. As...
Bargain hunters give FTSE miners a boost
Financial Times  Jun 14  Comment 
Despite a modest rally for the main index, further losses for financial stocks provide a sign that fraught nerves are lingering to the end of the week




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Also called the footsie, the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 is a market capitalization weighted index representing the top 100 blue chip companies on the London Stock Exchange. The index is said to map more than 80% of the total capitalization in the United Kingdom. Stocks are free-float weighted to ensure that only the investable opportunity set is included within the index. [1]. The FTSE group manages the Index, which in turn is a joint venture between the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange.

Weighting and Calculations

They involve the total market capitalization of the companies weighted by their effect on the index, so the larger stocks would make more of a difference to the index as compared to a smaller market cap company. This is also called the free float method. The basic formula for any index is (be it capitalization weighted or any other stock index)[2]:

  • Index level= Σ(Price of stock* Number of shares)*Free float factor/ Index Divisor.

The Free float Adjustment factor represents the proportion of shares that is freefloated as a percentage of issued shares and then its rounded up to the nearest mulitple of 5% for calculation purposes. To find the free-float capitalization of a company, first find its market cap (number of outstanding shares x share price) then multiply its free-float factor. The free-float method, therefore, does not include restricted stocks, such as those held by company insiders.

While one might track this portfolio’s value in dollar terms, it would probably be an unwieldy number – for example, the S&P 500 market value is roughly $11.8 trillion. Rather than deal with ten or more digits, the figure is scaled to a more easily handled number, currently around 1250. Dividing the portfolio market value by a factor, usually called the Index divisor, does the scaling.

Continuity in index values is maintained by adjusting the divisor for all changes in the constituents’ share capital after the base date. This includes additions and deletions to the index, rights issues, share buybacks and issuances, and spin-offs. The divisor’s time series is, in effect, a chronological summary of all changes affecting the base capital of the index. The divisor is adjusted such that the index value at an instant just prior to a change in base capital equals the index value at an instant immediately following that change[3].

Composition of the FTSE 100

The List of companies that comprise the FTSE as of 16th September 2011[4]

  1. AB Foods
  2. Admiral Group
  3. Aggreko
  4. AMEC
  5. Anglo American (AAUK)
  6. Antofagasta (ANTO-LN)
  7. ARM Holdings
  8. Associated British Foods
  9. AstraZeneca plc (AZN-LN)
  10. Autonomy Corporation
  11. Aviva
  12. BAE Systems (BAESY)
  13. BG Group PLC (BRGYY)
  14. BHP Billiton (BHP)
  15. BP (BP)
  16. BT GROUP (BT)
  17. Barclays (BCS)
  18. British American Tobacco Industries (BTI)
  19. British Land Company
  20. British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSY)
  21. Burberry Group
  22. Cairn Energy
  23. Capita Group
  24. Capital Shopping Centres Group
  25. Carnival (CCL)
  26. Centrica
  27. Compass Group
  28. Diageo (DEO)
  29. Essar Energy
  30. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
  31. Experian PLC (EXPN-LN)
  32. Fresnillo
  33. G4S
  34. GKN
  35. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
  36. Glencore International
  37. HSBC Holdings (HBC)
  38. Hammerson
  39. Hargreaves Lansdown
  40. ICAP
  41. IMI
  42. Imperial Tobacco Group (ITY)
  43. Inmarsat
  44. International Consolidated Airlines Group
  45. Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)
  46. International Power (IPR)
  47. ITV
  48. Intertek Group
  49. Investec
  50. Johnson Matthey (JMAT)
  51. Kazakhmys (KAZ-LN)
  52. Kingfisher
  53. Land Securities
  54. Legal & General
  55. Lloyds Banking Group
  56. Lonmin
  57. Man Group
  58. Marks & Spencer
  59. Morrisons
  60. National Grid Transco (NGG)
  61. Next
  62. Old Mutual PLC (OML-LN)
  63. Pearson (PSO)
  64. Petrofac
  65. Prudential Financial (PRU)
  66. RSA Insurance Group
  67. Rangold
  68. Reckitt Benckiser
  69. Reed Elsevier (RUK)
  70. Resolution
  71. Rexam (REXMY)
  72. Rio Tinto (RTP)
  73. Rolls-Royce Holdings
  74. Royal Bank of Scotland Group
  75. Royal Dutch Shell (RDS'A)
  76. SABMiller plc (SBMRY)
  77. Sage Group
  78. Sainsbury
  79. Schroders
  80. Scottish and Southern Energy
  81. Serco Group
  82. Severn Trent
  83. Shire Pharmaceuticals Group
  84. Smith & Nephew
  85. Smiths Group
  86. Standard Chartered PLC (STAN-LN)
  87. Standard Life
  88. Tate & Lyle
  89. Tesco (TESO)
  90. Tullow Oil
  91. Unilever (UL)
  92. United Utilities (UU)
  93. Vedanta Resources
  94. Vodafone AirTouch Public Limited Company (VOD)
  95. WPP Group (WPPGY)
  96. Weir Group
  97. Whitbread
  98. Wolseley PLC (WOS-LN)
  99. Wood Group
  100. Xstrata PLC (XTA-LN)

References

  1. ↑ FTSE Factsheet
  2. ↑ Capitlization method methodology
  3. ↑ Capitalization Weighted Description
  4. ↑ [1]
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