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FTSE 100

FTSE 100

FTSE 100 (UKX) Index Information
Index Value: 7,722.55
Change:  -4.87 (-0.06%)
Open: 7,727.42
High: 7,750.17
Low: 7,714.90
Yest. Close: 7,722.55
FTSE 100 Live PriceLast checked at -

FTSE 100 16:00 PM Market Update - 18/03/2024

At 16:00 PM, the FTSE 100 Index was up by 2.94 at 7730.36 points, a movement of 0.04%, showing a slight rise in the market.St James's Place (STJ) was a heavily traded share, with around £1,679.0m (0.597%) worth of shares being traded.Overall, 40.00% of the companies in the FTSE 100 Index were up, and 59.00% were down; giving a negative outlook of the day so far.Shares that are having a good day included British American Tobacco (BATS) which rose 2.44%, Beazley (BEZ) rising 2.36% and Reckitt (RK....

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The FTSE 100 Index comprises the 100 most highly capitalised blue chip companies, representing approximately 81% of the UK market. It is used extensively as a basis for investment products, such as derivatives and exchange-traded funds.

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FTSE 100 Value 7,722.55
Change -4.87 (-0.06%)
Open 7,727.42
High 7,750.17
Low 7,714.90
Yesterday's Close 7,722.55
52 Week High 7,936.11
52 Week Low 7,215.76

FTSE 100 Risers

  Price Change
Pin to quick picksBeazley (BEZ)676.502.97%
Pin to quick picksBritish American T... (BATS)2,399.002.50%
Pin to quick picksReckitt (RKT)4,575.001.98%
Pin to quick picksHikma Pharmaceutic... (HIK)1,883.001.95%
Pin to quick picksSSE (SSE)1,609.001.64%
Pin to quick picksRS Group (RS1)735.801.35%
Pin to quick picksImperial Brands (IMB)1,718.001.33%
Pin to quick picksUnite (UTG)957.001.32%
Pin to quick picksLegal & Genera... (LGEN)247.101.31%
Pin to quick picksScottish Mortgage (SMT)833.001.07%

FTSE 100 Fallers

  Price Change
Pin to quick picksPhoenix Group Hold... (PHNX)481.70-4.50%
Pin to quick picksVodafone (VOD)67.33-3.61%
Pin to quick picksBT (BT.A)104.65-3.59%
Pin to quick picksUnited Utilities (UU.)1,026.50-3.02%
Pin to quick picksSevern Trent (SVT)2,513.00-2.41%
Pin to quick picksSt James's Pl... (STJ)415.30-2.35%
Pin to quick picksHaleon (HLN)315.00-2.26%
Pin to quick picksSchroders (SDR)382.10-2.08%
Pin to quick picksCentrica (CNA)129.65-2.00%
Pin to quick picksAB Foods (ABF)2,304.00-1.62%

The FTSE 100: What You Need to Know

The FTSE 100 is a widely used stock market index that measures the daily share price performance of the top 100 UK companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

It not only provides real-time information on the performance of UK shares, tracking market trends, and offering insight to guide investment decisions, but the FTSE is also a guide to how the stocks, shares and economy have performed since its creation in 1984.

The index comprises household brands such as Tesco (TSCO), Morrisons (MRW) and Vodafone (VOD) and high-street banks including Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), RBS (RBS) and HSBC (HSBA), as well as some of the world's leading service and manufacturing companies such as BP (BP) BT (BT.A), Centrica (CNA) and Rolls Royce (RR). And because the FTSE comprises the biggest market performers, it's regularly used to monitor the ups and downs of particular businesses and the economy.

These 100 blue-chip organisations are reviewed quarterly, ensuring that all companies listed on the LSE that are eligible for the FTSE UK indices are ranked in order of their size or market capitalisation. Market capitalisation is calculated by multiplying the number of shares a company has available for investors to buy and the current share price.

Individual share prices of each company affect the total market capitalisation, so the index value changes throughout the day as share prices go up or down. The index is calculated every 15 seconds on every week day (excluding public holidays) from 08:00 to 16.30 when the market closes. When the FTSE100 is up or down, the change is quoted against the previous day's closing figures.

At a Glance

  • Founded by the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange in 1984, and still maintained by these organisations today
  • Tracks the total value and performance of the UK's top 100 companies
  • Provides a guide to the condition of the UK economy
  • The index is updated every 15 seconds
  • Companies are reviewed quarterly and promoted or relegated accordingly
  • Offers up-to-the minute insight to guide investment decisions in buying stock market shares

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