| The FTSE 100 is an Index made up of the 100 largest | | | | Carnival PLC |
| U.K companies by market capitalization listed on the | | | | 0.32 |
| London Stock Exchange. | | | | 56 |
| Market capitalization measures the size of the | | | | Autonomy Corp PLC |
| company and is calculated by multiplying the number of | | | | 0.31 |
| shares in issue by the share price. | | | | 57 |
| The FTSE was first calculated in 1984 with a base | | | | Cable & Wireless PLC |
| value of 1000 and now represents about 81% of the | | | | 0.31 |
| value of all stocks listed on the London Stock | | | | 58 |
| Exchange making it an accurate barometer of U.K | | | | British Land Co PLC |
| business prosperity. | | | | 0.31 |
| Table 1 shows the current stocks and weightings in the | | | | 59 |
| FTSE | | | | Thomson Reuters PLC |
| Stock % Weight | | | | 0.29 |
| 1 | | | | 60 |
| BP PLC | | | | Cairn Energy Plc |
| 8.37 | | | | 0.28 |
| 2 | | | | 61 |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | | | | Associated British Foods PLC |
| 8.27 | | | | 0.27 |
| 3 | | | | 62 |
| Vodafone Group PLC | | | | Randgold Resources Ltd |
| 5.75 | | | | 0.27 |
| 4 | | | | 63 |
| GlaxoSmithKline PLC | | | | Wolseley PLC |
| 5.42 | | | | 0.27 |
| 5 | | | | 64 |
| Royal Dutch Shell PLC | | | | G4S PLC |
| 5.05 | | | | 0.27 |
| 6 | | | | 65 |
| Royal Dutch Shell PLC | | | | Next PLC |
| 3.92 | | | | 0.26 |
| 7 | | | | 66 |
| AstraZeneca PLC | | | | Severn Trent PLC |
| 3.65 | | | | 0.24 |
| 8 | | | | 67 |
| BG Group PLC | | | | Smiths Group PLC |
| 3.17 | | | | 0.24 |
| 9 | | | | 68 |
| British American Tobacco PLC | | | | Inmarsat PLC |
| 3.17 | | | | 0.22 |
| 10 | | | | 69 |
| Rio Tinto PLC | | | | Johnson Matthey PLC |
| 2.87 | | | | 0.22 |
| 11 | | | | 70 |
| BHP Billiton PLC | | | | Sage Group PLC/The |
| 2.74 | | | | 0.22 |
| 12 | | | | 71 |
| Tesco PLC | | | | Eurasian Natural Resources Corp |
| 2.63 | | | | 0.22 |
| 13 | | | | 72 |
| Barclays PLC | | | | 3i Group PLC |
| 2.34 | | | | 0.21 |
| 14 | | | | 73 |
| Standard Chartered PLC | | | | Antofagasta PLC |
| 2.09 | | | | 0.21 |
| 15 | | | | 74 |
| Anglo American PLC | | | | Liberty International PLC |
| 2.06 | | | | 0.20 |
| 16 | | | | 75 |
| Diageo PLC | | | | Home Retail Group PLC |
| 2.04 | | | | 0.20 |
| 17 | | | | 76 |
| Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | | | | Hammerson PLC |
| 1.82 | | | | 0.20 |
| 18 | | | | 77 |
| Unilever PLC | | | | Lonmin Plc |
| 1.77 | | | | 0.20 |
| 19 | | | | 78 |
| Imperial Tobacco Group PLC | | | | ICAP PLC |
| 1.52 | | | | 0.19 |
| 20 | | | | 79 |
| SABMiller PLC | | | | AMEC PLC |
| 1.37 | | | | 0.19 |
| 21 | | | | 80 |
| Xstrata PLC | | | | Serco Group PLC |
| 1.30 | | | | 0.18 |
| 22 | | | | 81 |
| National Grid PLC | | | | Cobham PLC |
| 1.23 | | | | 0.18 |
| 23 | | | | 82 |
| BAE Systems PLC | | | | Alliance Trust PLC/The |
| 1.11 | | | | 0.17 |
| 24 | | | | 83 |
| Centrica PLC | | | | Rexam PLC |
| 1.09 | | | | 0.17 |
| 25 | | | | 84 |
| Scottish & Southern Energy PLC | | | | Vedanta Resources PLC |
| 0.97 | | | | 0.17 |
| 26 | | | | 85 |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC | | | | Invensys PLC |
| 0.95 | | | | 0.16 |
| 27 | | | | 86 |
| Prudential PLC | | | | Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC |
| 0.95 | | | | 0.16 |
| 28 | | | | 87 |
| Aviva PLC | | | | Admiral Group PLC |
| 0.84 | | | | 0.16 |
| 29 | | | | 88 |
| BT Group PLC | | | | Pennon Group PLC |
| 0.73 | | | | 0.16 |
| 30 | | | | 89 |
| Cadbury PLC | | | | Friends Provident Group PLC |
| 0.67 | | | | 0.15 |
| 31 | | | | 90 |
| Tullow Oil PLC | | | | Bunzl PLC |
| 0.65 | | | | 0.15 |
| 32 | | | | 91 |
| WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC | | | | Intertek Group PLC |
| 0.60 | | | | 0.15 |
| 33 | | | | 92 |
| Compass Group PLC | | | | Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC |
| 0.59 | | | | 0.14 |
| 34 | | | | 93 |
| Rolls-Royce Group PLC | | | | Petrofac Ltd |
| 0.58 | | | | 0.14 |
| 35 | | | | 94 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC | | | | British Airways PLC |
| 0.57 | | | | 0.13 |
| 36 | | | | 95 |
| British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC | | | | Schroders PLC |
| 0.55 | | | | 0.13 |
| 37 | | | | 96 |
| J Sainsbury PLC | | | | Balfour Beatty PLC |
| 0.52 | | | | 0.13 |
| 38 | | | | 97 |
| Reed Elsevier PLC | | | | London Stock Exchange Group PLC |
| 0.47 | | | | 0.13 |
| 39 | | | | 98 |
| WPP PLC | | | | TUI Travel PLC |
| 0.47 | | | | 0.12 |
| 40 | | | | 99 |
| Pearson PLC | | | | Kazakhmys PLC |
| 0.46 | | | | 0.12 |
| 41 | | | | 100 |
| Man Group PLC | | | | Fresnillo PLC |
| 0.45 | | | | 0.11 |
| 42 | | | | 101 |
| Experian PLC | | | | Thomas Cook Group PLC |
| 0.44 | | | | 0.08 |
| 43 | | | | 102 |
| Marks & Spencer Group PLC | | | | Schroders PLC |
| 0.43 | | | | 0.04 |
| 44 | | | | N.B -- There are 102 stocks in the FTSE 100 as there |
| Shire PLC | | | | are 2 classes of shares for RoyalDutch and |
| 0.43 | | | | Schroders. |
| 45 | | | | What makes it move? |
| Capita Group PLC/The | | | | Company Earnings |
| 0.42 | | | | Traders monitor the earning of companies in the FTSE |
| 46 | | | | which are normally released on a quarterly basis. |
| RSA Insurance Group PLC | | | | There will be a consensus forecast among analysts |
| 0.38 | | | | as to what that number will be and if the actual |
| 47 | | | | number is better than forecast then the price should |
| Kingfisher PLC | | | | rise and if it is worse then the price should fall. The |
| 0.38 | | | | earnings for companies that make up a bigger |
| 48 | | | | percentage of the FTSE (i.e. the top 10 by market |
| Smith & Nephew PLC | | | | capitalisation) will have a bigger effect on the |
| 0.37 | | | | movement of the FTSE and should be watched |
| 49 | | | | closely. |
| Standard Life PLC | | | | News |
| 0.36 | | | | All day long traders are glued to their news screens |
| 50 | | | | watching for stories that may impact the economy |
| Old Mutual PLC | | | | and the markets. |
| 0.36 | | | | The news that will move the FTSE can vary from |
| 51 | | | | company specific news to global news stories and |
| Land Securities Group PLC | | | | traders are looking for any news that will cause |
| 0.33 | | | | investors to enter or exit the market. |
| 52 | | | | It is essential to have access to live news as often |
| International Power PLC | | | | financial markets will have already moved by the time |
| 0.32 | | | | most people read the story in the paper. Through |
| 53 | | | | Getdealings Live Market news we bring you the live |
| United Utilities Group PLC | | | | news stories and rumours that are moving the |
| 0.32 | | | | markets right now. |
| 54 | | | | Interest Rates |
| Legal & General Group PLC | | | | FTSE traders will keep their eyes open for any |
| 0.32 | | | | potential change in Interest rates as this will have an |
| 55 | | | | effect on stock market valuations. |