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As of 31 December 2007, the London Stock Exchange had 3,307 listed companies[1] with a combined market capitalization of $3.9 trillion.[2] It is the world's fifth largest stock exchange by market capitalization and third largest by value of shares traded.

[edit] Basic Information

[edit] Exchange Symbols

  • Google Finance: LON
  • Thomson Reuters: LN
  • Yahoo! Finance: .L

[edit] Market Information (as of 31 December 2007)

  • Trading Hours:
    • Normal Trading Session: 09:00 - 17:00[3]
2004[4] 2005[5] 2006[6] 2007[7]
Number of Listed Companies2,8373,0913,2563,307
Domestic Market Capitalization (in $ million)2,865,2433,058,1823,794,3103,851,706
Value of Shares Traded (in $ million)5,169,0245,677,7217,571,69910,333,686
Average Daily Turnover (in $ million)20,35122,53130,04640,684
Average Value of Trades (in $ thousand)96.585.779.964.2
New Capital Raised from Initial Public Offerings (in $ million)13,83131,16955,80750,026
New Capital Raised from Secondary Public Offerings (in $ million)18,64920,66938,56132,759
Number of Trading Days254252252254

[edit] Creating Articles for Stocks listed on the London Stock Exchange

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  • Type Stock:Company Name (CompanyTicker-LN) into the Wikinvest search box and click Search.
  • Click on the link adjacent to Be the first person to create the page.
  • Type {{new_stock}}, [[Category:London Stock Exchange]] and [[Category:Investing in England]] on separate lines into the text box and click Save page to create the article.

[edit] Indices

[edit] Benchmark Index

The FTSE 100 Index (UKX-LN), composed of the 100 companies with highest market capitalization on the exchange, is generally used as the primary benchmark index of the London Stock Exchange.



[edit] Constituent Indices

[edit] FTSE UK Index Series

  • FTSE 100 Index (UKX-LN)
  • FTSE 250 Index (MCX-LN)
  • FTSE MID 250 (ex IT) Index
  • FTSE 350 Index (NMX-LN)
  • FTSE 350 High Yield Index (HIX-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Low Yield Index (LIX-LN)
  • FTSE 350 (ex IT) Index
  • FTSE All-Share Index (ASX-LN)
  • FTSE All-Share (ex IT) Index
  • FTSE Eurotop 300 Index
  • FTSE Fledgling Index (NSX-LN)
  • FTSE Fledgling (ex IT) Index
  • FTSE SmallCap Index
  • FTSE SmallCap (ex IT) Index

[edit] FTSE AIM Index Series

  • FTSE AIM 100 Index (AIM1-LN)
  • FTSE AIM All-Share Index (AXX-LN)
  • FTSE AIM UK 50 Index (AIM5-LN)

[edit] Sector Indices

[edit] FTSE UK Index Series

  • FTSE 350 Aerospace and Defense Index (NMX2710-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Automobiles and Parts Index (NMX3350-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Banks Index (NMX8350-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Beverages Index (NMX3530-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Chemicals Index (NMX1350-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Construction and Building Materials Index (NMX2350-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Electricity Index (NMX7530-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Electronic and Electrical Equipment Index (NMX2730-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Equity Investment Instruments Index (NMX8980-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Fixed Line Telecommunications Index (NMX6530-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Food and Drug Retailers Index (NMX5330-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Food Producers Index (NMX3570-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Forestry and Paper Index (NMX1730-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Gas Water and Multiutilities Index (NMX7570-LN)
  • FTSE 350 General Financial Index (NMX8770-LN)
  • FTSE 350 General Industrials Index (NMX2720-LN)
  • FTSE 350 General Retailers Index (NMX5370-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Health Care Equipment and Services Index (NMX4530-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Household Goods Index (NMX3720-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Industrial Engineering Index (NMX2750-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Industrial Metals Index (NMX1750-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Industrial Transportation Index (NMX2770-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Leisure Goods Index (NMX3740-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Life Insurance/Assurance Index (NMX8570-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Media Index (NMX5550-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Mining Index (NMX1770-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Mobile Telecommunications Index (NMX6570-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Nonlife Insurance Index (NMX8530-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Oil and Gas Producers Index (NMX0530-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Oil Equipment Services and Distribution Index (NMX0570-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Personal Goods Index (NMX3760-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Index (NMX4570-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Real Estate Index (NMX8730-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Software and Computer Services Index (NMX9530-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Support Services Index (NMX2790-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Technology Hardware and Equipment Index (NMX9570-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Tobacco Index (NMX3780-LN)
  • FTSE 350 Travel and Leisure Index (NMX5750-LN)

[edit] FTSE UK SuperSector Index Series

  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Automobiles and Parts Index (UB3300-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Banks Index (UB8300-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Basic Resources Index (UB1700-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Chemicals Index (UB1300-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Construction and Materials Index (UB2300-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Financial Services Index (UB8700-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Food and Beverage Index (UB3500-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Health Care Index (UB4500-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Industrial Goods and Services Index (UB2700-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Insurance Index (UB8500-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Media Index (UB5500-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Oil and Gas Index (UB0500-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Personal and Household Goods Index (UB3700-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Retail Index (UB5300-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Technology Index (UB9500-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Telecommunications Index (UB6500-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Travel and Leisure Index (UB5700-LN)
  • FTSE 350 SuperSector Utilities Index (UB7500-LN)

[edit] FTSE techMARK Index Series

  • FTSE techMARK 100 Index (T1X-LN)
  • FTSE techMARK All-Share Index (TASX-LN)
  • FTSE techMARK mediscience Index (TMS1-LN)

[edit] Stocks listed on the London Stock Exchange

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Number of Listed Companies (2006, 2007), World Federation of Exchanges
  2. ↑ Domestic Market Capitalization (2006, 2007), World Federation of Exchanges
  3. ↑ Market Hours, London Stock Exchange
  4. ↑ Annual Statistics 2004, Equity Markets, World Federation of Exchanges
  5. ↑ Annual Statistics 2005, Equity Markets, World Federation of Exchanges
  6. ↑ Annual Statistics 2006, Equity Markets, World Federation of Exchanges
  7. ↑ Annual Statistics 2007, Equity Markets, World Federation of Exchanges
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