Top LSE Stocks

This is a current list of the top 250 companies by market capitalization on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The 100 largest companies that trade on the London Stock Exchange make up the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index (FTSE 100 Index). What is the FTSE 100 Index?

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Company	Sector	Current Price	P/E Ratio	Market Cap	Consensus Analyst Rating	Consensus Price Target
BGEO Lion Finance Group	Financial Services	7,500.00 -1.8%	1.45	GEL331.34 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
AZN AstraZeneca	Medical	£119.06 +1.1%	32.63	£229.08 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.75)	GBX 9,660 (-18.9% Downside)
HSBA HSBC	Financial Services	GBX 952.48 +0.8%	9.16	£212.65 billion	Hold (Score: 2.43)	GBX 955 (0.3% Upside)
SHEL Shell	Energy	GBX 2,643.40 -0.4%	13.17	£199.06 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.83)	GBX 3,158.33 (19.5% Upside)
ULVR Unilever	Consumer Defensive	GBX 4,615 +1.6%	20.87	£136.28 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 4,617.50 (0.1% Upside)
BNC Banco Santander	Financial Services	GBX 703.13 -0.4%	11.02	£129.06 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
BMK Benchmark	Consumer Defensive	£174 -6.5%	-3,260.85	£128.98 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
BHP BHP Group	Basic Materials	GBX 1,979.92 -0.3%	16.03	£126.39 billion	Reduce (Score: 1.67)	GBX 2,126.67 (7.4% Upside)
TTE TotalEnergies	Energy	GBX 53.68 +0.1%	5.38	£117.80 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
BATS British American Tobacco	Consumer Defensive	GBX 4,295.51 +1.4%	-6.93	£94.50 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.60)	GBX 3,960 (-7.8% Downside)
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RIO Rio Tinto Group	Basic Materials	GBX 4,461 -0.6%	8.45	£93.61 billion	Hold (Score: 2.33)	GBX 5,325 (19.4% Upside)
RR Rolls-Royce Holdings plc	Industrials	GBX 1,059.50 -2.1%	38.62	£90.87 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.67)	GBX 976.20 (-7.9% Downside)
BP BP	Energy	GBX 420.50 +0.3%	31.41	£81.84 billion	Hold (Score: 2.40)	GBX 460 (9.4% Upside)
CRH CRH	Basic Materials	GBX 8,296.38 -1.0%	18.95	£70.78 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 8,601 (3.7% Upside)
REL Relx	Industrials	GBX 3,579 +1.1%	35.73	£66.18 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 4,496 (25.6% Upside)
GSK GSK	Medical	GBX 1,459 +0.5%	23.57	£59.20 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 1,612.50 (10.5% Upside)
BARC Barclays	Financial Services	GBX 372.15 +0.0%	10.94	£53.43 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.80)	GBX 400.20 (7.5% Upside)
BA BAE Systems	Industrials	GBX 1,721 -3.9%	29.53	£53.28 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.75)	GBX 1,964.25 (14.1% Upside)
OMU Old Mutual	Financial Services	GBX 53.17 -0.1%	20.05	£52.39 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
NG National Grid	Utilities	GBX 1,041 +0.1%	17.10	£51.11 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 1,135 (9.0% Upside)
LLOY Lloyds Banking Group	Financial Services	GBX 83.40 +0.6%	10.55	£50.57 billion	Hold (Score: 2.20)	GBX 77.20 (-7.4% Downside)
LSEG London Stock Exchange Group	Financial Services	GBX 9,373.82 +0.5%	73.52	£49.62 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	£130 (38.7% Upside)
COD Compagnie de Saint-Gobain	Industrials	GBX 100.35 +6.2%	17.42	£49.43 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
FLTR Flutter Entertainment	Consumer Cyclical	£213.60 -1.8%	-76.13	£48.35 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.75)	£264.33 (23.8% Upside)
DGE Diageo	Consumer Defensive	GBX 2,103.40 +0.4%	11.78	£46.69 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 2,393.14 (13.8% Upside)
GLEN Glencore	Basic Materials	GBX 292.30 +0.1%	-81.86	£44.59 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 386 (32.1% Upside)
CPG Compass Group	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 2,626 +1.0%	33.02	£44.54 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 2,770 (5.5% Upside)
EXPN Experian	Industrials	GBX 3,879 +0.9%	37.92	£44.52 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.80)	GBX 4,325.50 (11.5% Upside)
NWG NatWest Group	Financial Services	GBX 548.10 +0.2%	9.84	£43.87 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.67)	GBX 560.83 (2.3% Upside)
FERG Ferguson	Industrials	£171.80 -0.7%	25.53	£42.87 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
STAN Standard Chartered	Financial Services	GBX 1,346.65 +0.2%	12.13	£40.66 billion	Hold (Score: 2.40)	GBX 1,233 (-8.4% Downside)
III 3i Group	Finance	GBX 4,037 0.0%	10.18	£38.97 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 4,850 (20.1% Upside)
WPM Wheaton Precious Metals	Basic Materials	GBX 6,760 -0.6%	62.28	£37.96 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 7,800 (15.4% Upside)
RKT Reckitt Benckiser Group	Consumer Defensive	GBX 5,514.77 +0.8%	25.24	£37.62 billion	Hold (Score: 2.25)	GBX 5,618.33 (1.9% Upside)
CCEP Coca-Cola Europacific Partners	Consumer Defensive	GBX 6,750 +1.7%	23.22	£37.41 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 8,130 (20.4% Upside)
CCL Carnival Co. &	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 2,014 -1.4%	18.25	£36.39 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
GGP Greatland Gold	Basic Materials	GBX 263.32 -1.4%	-603.04	£35.61 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 436 (65.6% Upside)
BXP Beximco Pharmaceuticals	Medical	GBX 49.98 +2.0%	5.36	£34.07 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
BP.B BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	Energy	GBX 165.90 -0.4%	-2.32	£33.20 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
HLN Haleon	Medical	GBX 363.20 +0.7%	30.55	£32.78 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 435 (19.8% Upside)
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PRU Prudential	Financial Services	GBX 987.20 -0.1%	49.31	£32.48 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 1,165 (18.0% Upside)
AAL Anglo American	Basic Materials	GBX 2,134 -1.7%	-19.65	£32.45 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 2,156 (1.0% Upside)
AHT Ashtead Group	Industrials	GBX 5,338 -0.7%	19.00	£29.15 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.67)	GBX 6,120.83 (14.7% Upside)
TSCO Tesco	Consumer Defensive	GBX 425.40 +0.8%	22.26	£28.39 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 430 (1.1% Upside)
NIOX NIOX Group	Medical	GBX 69.10 -1.0%	2,851.64	£28.38 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 90 (30.2% Upside)
VOD Vodafone Group Public	Communication Services	GBX 87.40 +0.3%	39.64	£26.41 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 73 (-16.5% Downside)
IMB Imperial Brands	Consumer Defensive	GBX 3,097 +1.3%	13.12	£26.00 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
ANTO Antofagasta	Basic Materials	GBX 2,102 -0.6%	33.88	£25.90 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.67)	GBX 2,137.50 (1.7% Upside)
IAG International Consolidated Airlines Group	Industrials	GBX 388.43 -1.4%	8.20	£22.95 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.71)	GBX 403.33 (3.8% Upside)
BT.A BT Group	Business Services	GBX 210.74 +0.1%	2,341.53	£20.61 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
SSE SSE	Utilities	GBX 1,761.50 -0.4%	11.25	£19.30 billion	Sell (Score: 1.00)	N/A
IHG InterContinental Hotels Group	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 8,928 -0.7%	29.30	£17.90 billion	Reduce (Score: 1.80)	GBX 6,098.75 (-31.7% Downside)
AV Aviva	Financial Services	GBX 662.80 +0.5%	13.66	£17.81 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 636 (-4.0% Downside)
AIBG AIB Group	Financial Services	GBX 635.90 -1.6%	8.69	£17.77 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
CCH Coca-Cola HBC	Consumer Defensive	GBX 3,934 +0.1%	27.19	£17.02 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 4,104.50 (4.3% Upside)
ABF Associated British Foods	Consumer Defensive	GBX 2,300 0.0%	11.71	£16.58 billion	Hold (Score: 2.33)	GBX 2,245 (-2.4% Downside)
LGEN Legal & General Group	Financial Services	GBX 260.05 +0.6%	48.01	£15.24 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 246.67 (-5.1% Downside)
FRES Fresnillo	Basic Materials	GBX 1,624 -0.1%	60.53	£15.00 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.60)	GBX 1,576 (-3.0% Downside)
SN Smith & Nephew	Medical	GBX 1,348 +0.2%	48.53	£14.78 billion	Hold (Score: 2.33)	GBX 1,379.33 (2.3% Upside)
NXT NEXT	Consumer Cyclical	£121.77 +0.4%	18.32	£14.34 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	N/A
KYGA Kerry Group	Consumer Defensive	GBX 81 +2.3%	21.42	£13.43 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
BIRG Bank of Ireland Group	Financial Services	GBX 13.24 +2.0%	8.98	£13.28 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
SMT Scottish Mortgage	Financial Services	GBX 1,073 -0.9%	11.01	£13.12 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
ACG ACG Acquisition	Financial Services	GBX 650 +0.4%	-588.60	£12.35 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 795 (22.3% Upside)
HLMA Halma	Industrials	GBX 3,271 +0.5%	45.76	£12.32 billion	Hold (Score: 2.25)	GBX 3,013.33 (-7.9% Downside)
IDHC Integrated Diagnostics	Medical	GBX 0.41 -2.4%	15.24	£12.07 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
INF Informa	Communication Services	GBX 892 +0.7%	38.41	£11.74 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 975 (9.3% Upside)
TGA Thungela Resources	Energy	GBX 364 +0.8%	3.51	£11.48 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
ADM Admiral Group	Financial Services	GBX 3,632.80 +1.2%	27.72	£11.11 billion	Hold (Score: 2.33)	GBX 2,436.67 (-32.9% Downside)
WISE Wise	Computer and Technology	GBX 1,089 +1.9%	32.93	£11.10 billion	Hold (Score: 2.33)	GBX 1,325 (21.7% Upside)
SGE The Sage Group	Computer and Technology	GBX 1,115.50 +0.5%	43.36	£11.04 billion	Hold (Score: 2.14)	GBX 3,500 (213.8% Upside)
JAR Jardine Matheson	Industrials	GBX 59.11 -5.4%	135.09	£11.01 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
ZEG Zegona Communications	Communication Services	GBX 1,110 -1.8%	-92.04	£10.29 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 1,293.33 (16.5% Upside)
AAF Airtel Africa	Communication Services	GBX 212.82 -0.6%	-125.19	£9.76 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 141.50 (-33.5% Downside)
PSH Pershing Square	Financial Services	GBX 4,247.30 -0.2%	4.45	£9.72 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
AXON Axon Enterprise	Industrials	$759.11 +478.7%	0.00	$9.45 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
SAVE Savannah Energy	Energy	GBX 7.20	-4.67	£9.45 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
HKLB Hongkong Land	Finance	GBX 7.41	-8.52	£9.22 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
RTO Rentokil Initial	Industrials	GBX 361.50 -0.5%	23.19	£9.06 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 435 (20.3% Upside)
SGRO SEGRO	Real Estate	GBX 635.60 +0.1%	-824.47	£8.54 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.80)	GBX 916.25 (44.2% Upside)
CNA Centrica	Utilities	GBX 161.87 -0.5%	7.71	£8.09 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.75)	GBX 178.50 (10.3% Upside)
SMIN Smiths Group	Industrials	GBX 2,360 +0.9%	32.79	£8.04 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 1,850 (-21.6% Downside)
SVT Severn Trent	Utilities	GBX 2,594 +1.1%	43.30	£7.74 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 2,600 (0.2% Upside)
S32 South32	Basic Materials	GBX 137.67 -1.4%	96.73	£7.74 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 206.67 (50.1% Upside)
BNZL Bunzl	Consumer Defensive	GBX 2,356 +0.9%	16.29	£7.71 billion	Hold (Score: 2.17)	GBX 3,125 (32.6% Upside)
UU United Utilities Group	Utilities	GBX 1,120.50 -1.0%	60.48	£7.67 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
ITRK Intertek Group	Industrials	GBX 4,750 +1.3%	24.76	£7.63 billion	Hold (Score: 2.25)	GBX 5,200 (9.5% Upside)
MRO Melrose Industries	Industrials	GBX 584.20 -0.6%	-197.58	£7.55 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.60)	GBX 612 (4.8% Upside)
PSON Pearson	Communication Services	GBX 1,086.35 +0.2%	21.06	£7.34 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 1,295 (19.2% Upside)
EDV Endeavour Mining	Basic Materials	GBX 2,422 -0.6%	-21.48	£7.33 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 3,150 (30.1% Upside)
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AUTO Auto Trader Group	Communication Services	GBX 815.80 -0.3%	28.91	£7.20 billion	Reduce (Score: 1.50)	GBX 840.33 (3.0% Upside)
EQQQ Invesco EQQQ NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF		$42,572.00 -0.5%	0.00	$7.20 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
DPLM Diploma	Industrials	GBX 5,382.50 +0.0%	61.87	£7.18 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 5,097.50 (-5.3% Downside)
MKS Marks and Spencer Group	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 352.44 -1.7%	14.01	£7.07 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 400 (13.5% Upside)
STJ St. James's Place	Financial Services	GBX 1,299.28 -0.7%	-1,088.98	£7.03 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.80)	GBX 1,485 (14.3% Upside)
SBRY J Sainsbury	Consumer Defensive	GBX 302.16 0.0%	50.96	£6.97 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 305 (0.9% Upside)
PHNX Phoenix Group	Financial Services	GBX 684.50 +0.7%	-13.12	£6.84 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 635 (-7.2% Downside)
WEIR The Weir Group	Industrials	GBX 2,466 +0.3%	28.98	£6.35 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.80)	GBX 2,772 (12.4% Upside)
MNG M&G	Financial Services	GBX 265.64 +1.0%	37.88	£6.33 billion	Hold (Score: 2.33)	GBX 255 (-4.0% Downside)
CTEC ConvaTec Group	Medical	GBX 244.60 +5.8%	41.19	£6.22 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 303 (23.9% Upside)
SDR Schroders	Financial Services	GBX 396.20 +0.1%	17.30	£6.15 billion	Hold (Score: 2.17)	GBX 387 (-2.3% Downside)
ICG Intermediate Capital Group	Manufacturing	GBX 2,168.80 -1.4%	13.54	£6.12 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 2,500 (15.3% Upside)
BEZ Beazley	Financial Services	GBX 779.17 -0.6%	4.88	£5.99 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 1,075 (38.0% Upside)
RMV Rightmove	Communication Services	GBX 768.40 -0.2%	30.82	£5.99 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 787.40 (2.5% Upside)
IMI IMI	Industrials	GBX 2,302.85 -0.6%	23.60	£5.84 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 2,575 (11.8% Upside)
HSX Hiscox	Financial Services	GBX 1,322.40 +0.2%	8.11	£5.70 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.75)	GBX 1,480 (11.9% Upside)
ENT Entain	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 883.80 +0.4%	-12.05	£5.67 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.83)	GBX 1,170 (32.4% Upside)
MNDI Mondi	Basic Materials	GBX 1,072 -0.4%	14.58	£5.63 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 1,395 (30.1% Upside)
FCIT F&C Investment Trust	Financial Services	GBX 1,158.56 -0.4%	6.00	£5.60 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
WTB Whitbread	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 3,103 -0.6%	24.00	£5.54 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.60)	GBX 3,400 (9.6% Upside)
SPX Spirax-Sarco Engineering	Industrials	GBX 7,214 -0.6%	27.67	£5.31 billion	Hold (Score: 2.33)	GBX 7,983.33 (10.7% Upside)
GAW Games Workshop Group	Consumer Cyclical	£158.10 +1.0%	34.62	£5.23 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	£165 (4.4% Upside)
HIK Hikma Pharmaceuticals	Medical	GBX 1,797 -1.0%	17.63	£4.98 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 2,627.50 (46.2% Upside)
KGF Kingfisher	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 276.40 -0.4%	14.73	£4.88 billion	Reduce (Score: 1.80)	GBX 297.75 (7.7% Upside)
JD JD Sports Fashion	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 93.90 +6.9%	939.00	£4.86 billion	Hold (Score: 2.29)	GBX 100.67 (7.2% Upside)
BAB Babcock International Group	Industrials	GBX 964 -0.5%	29.17	£4.84 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 1,027.50 (6.6% Upside)
HWDN Howden Joinery Group	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 873 -0.5%	18.71	£4.77 billion	Hold (Score: 2.33)	GBX 919.67 (5.3% Upside)
DCC DCC	Energy	GBX 4,764 -0.3%	22.11	£4.71 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.67)	GBX 5,906.67 (24.0% Upside)
PCT Polar Capital Technology Trust	Financial Services	GBX 392.40 -2.3%	3.85	£4.63 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
INVP Investec Group	Financial Services	GBX 541.50 +2.1%	8.31	£4.58 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
SPOL iShares MSCI Poland UCITS ETF USD (Acc)		GBX 2,248 -0.7%	0.00	£4.31 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
BRBY Burberry Group	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 1,181.50 +1.0%	15.65	£4.22 billion	Hold (Score: 2.25)	GBX 1,266.67 (7.2% Upside)
WPP WPP	Communication Services	GBX 391.40 +0.9%	20.68	£4.22 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.67)	GBX 480 (22.6% Upside)
LAND Land Securities Group	Real Estate	GBX 568.50 +0.3%	-13.18	£4.21 billion	Hold (Score: 2.25)	GBX 671 (18.0% Upside)
ITH Ithaca Energy	Energy	GBX 197.40 +10.8%	22.54	£4.12 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
SXS Spectris	Computer and Technology	GBX 4,038 +0.2%	14.96	£4.02 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 2,975 (-26.3% Downside)
IGG IG Group	Financial Services	GBX 1,134 -0.3%	7.56	£4.02 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 1,504.80 (32.7% Upside)
HBR Harbour Energy	Energy	GBX 220.91 -1.4%	69.46	£3.96 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 252.50 (14.3% Upside)
DLG Direct Line Insurance Group	Financial Services	GBX 305	16.11	£3.96 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 240 (-21.3% Downside)
CPI Capita	Industrials	GBX 228.64 -0.8%	-94.70	£3.86 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 405 (77.1% Upside)
EZJ easyJet	Industrials	GBX 510.60 -1.5%	10.30	£3.86 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 700 (37.1% Upside)
LMP LondonMetric Property	Real Estate	GBX 189.62 +0.3%	19.52	£3.85 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 230 (21.3% Upside)
BKG The Berkeley Group	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 3,704 -0.6%	9.85	£3.69 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.67)	GBX 4,855 (31.1% Upside)
GLB Glanbia	Consumer Defensive	GBX 14.38 -0.1%	28.53	£3.66 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
TW Taylor Wimpey	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 100.75 +1.7%	14.70	£3.62 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 143.17 (42.1% Upside)
PSN Persimmon	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 1,119 -1.0%	14.01	£3.60 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 1,431.25 (27.9% Upside)
CRDA Croda International	Basic Materials	GBX 2,538 +0.0%	21.81	£3.55 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 3,133.33 (23.5% Upside)
UTG Unite Group	Real Estate	GBX 728	11.72	£3.53 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 1,128.50 (55.0% Upside)
ABDN abrdn	Financial Services	GBX 196.70 +0.7%	11.18	£3.52 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.60)	GBX 195.60 (-0.6% Downside)
JET2 Jet2	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 1,632.64 -1.4%	8.73	£3.48 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 2,240 (37.2% Upside)
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IDS International Distributions Services	Industrials	GBX 359 -0.1%	63.63	£3.44 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
BBOX Tritax Big Box REIT	Real Estate	GBX 137.92 -0.1%	18.03	£3.42 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 185.50 (34.5% Upside)
BLND British Land	Real Estate	GBX 339.80 -0.1%	3.69	£3.39 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 480 (41.3% Upside)
PHLL Petershill Partners	Financial Services	GBX 239 -0.2%	9.70	£3.25 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.67)	GBX 296.67 (24.1% Upside)
3IN 3i Infrastructure	Financial Services	GBX 347.50 -0.3%	914.47	£3.21 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
DFIB DFI Retail Group	Business Services	GBX 9.17	26.20	£3.14 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
ITV ITV	Communication Services	GBX 81.40 -0.2%	7.44	£3.14 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 112 (37.6% Upside)
JMAT Johnson Matthey	Basic Materials	GBX 1,872 +0.6%	31.81	£3.13 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 1,875 (0.2% Upside)
SCT Softcat	Computer and Technology	GBX 1,555	26.03	£3.09 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.60)	GBX 1,813.80 (16.6% Upside)
OCDO Ocado Group	Consumer Defensive	GBX 358.27 +0.8%	-13.64	£3.01 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 437 (22.0% Upside)
JGGI JPMorgan Global Growth & Income	Financial Services	GBX 582.09 -0.5%	4.80	£3.00 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
FRAS Frasers Group	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 705 -0.5%	8.05	£2.94 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 1,100 (56.0% Upside)
ROR Rotork	Industrials	GBX 345.80 -0.2%	24.89	£2.92 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.80)	GBX 396.25 (14.6% Upside)
SHC Shaftesbury Capital	Real Estate	GBX 150.47 +0.4%	73.20	£2.91 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 200 (32.9% Upside)
BBY Balfour Beatty	Industrials	GBX 568.18 +0.2%	13.27	£2.90 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 580 (2.1% Upside)
BWY Bellway	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 2,454 -0.6%	22.29	£2.89 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 3,016.67 (22.9% Upside)
RCP RIT Capital Partners	Financial Services	GBX 1,990 -0.5%	17.20	£2.87 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
PLUS Plus500	Financial Services	GBX 3,096 -0.1%	11.46	£2.85 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.67)	GBX 3,304.67 (6.7% Upside)
CWK Cranswick	Consumer Defensive	GBX 5,240 +0.2%	24.94	£2.82 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 5,370 (2.5% Upside)
BUR Burford Capital	Financial Services	GBX 1,022 +1.1%	18.28	£2.81 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 1,600 (56.6% Upside)
BPT Bridgepoint Group	Financial Services	GBX 340.40 -1.7%	61.84	£2.81 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.67)	GBX 388 (14.0% Upside)
RS1 RS Group	Industrials	GBX 572.50 -0.9%	14.79	£2.70 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 810 (41.5% Upside)
QQ QinetiQ Group	Industrials	GBX 489.40 +1.6%	20.27	£2.70 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.75)	GBX 558.33 (14.1% Upside)
MNKS Monks	Financial Services	GBX 1,376 -1.0%	4.47	£2.65 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
ROO Deliveroo	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 178.10 -0.1%	362.17	£2.64 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
INCH Inchcape	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 668 -0.3%	10.67	£2.62 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 1,007 (50.7% Upside)
HCM HUTCHMED	Medical	GBX 238.69 -1.0%	-60.92	£2.59 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
UKW Greencoat UK Wind	Utilities	GBX 113.65 +0.8%	32.96	£2.56 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
TBCG TBC Bank Group	Financial Services	GBX 4,485 -0.1%	2.04	£2.55 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
HVPE HarbourVest Global Private Equity	Financial Services	GBX 2,755 -0.2%	259.06	£2.55 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
DRX Drax Group	Utilities	GBX 688.91 0.0%	4.09	£2.53 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 844.50 (22.6% Upside)
CCC Computacenter	Computer and Technology	GBX 2,362 -0.3%	15.80	£2.51 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 2,824 (19.6% Upside)
CTY City of London	Financial Services	GBX 501.03 +0.3%	8.43	£2.48 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
DNLM Dunelm Group	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 1,209.86 -0.1%	16.11	£2.44 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.80)	GBX 1,326 (9.6% Upside)
HICL HICL Infrastructure	Financial Services	GBX 122 -0.5%	23.93	£2.43 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
TATE Tate & Lyle	Consumer Defensive	GBX 540 +0.4%	11.26	£2.35 billion	Hold (Score: 2.33)	GBX 676.67 (25.3% Upside)
BME B&M European Value Retail	Consumer Defensive	GBX 233.34 -0.2%	5.58	£2.35 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.57)	GBX 406.60 (74.3% Upside)
EMG Man Group	Financial Services	GBX 161.50 -0.4%	7.62	£2.33 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.60)	GBX 218.80 (35.5% Upside)
SRP Serco Group	Industrials	GBX 229.40 -0.2%	17.87	£2.32 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.60)	GBX 252.67 (10.1% Upside)
HGT HgCapital Trust	Financial Services	GBX 498.50 -0.9%	8.24	£2.31 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
INPP International Public Partnerships	Financial Services	GBX 121.75 -0.4%	52.53	£2.28 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
PNN Pennon Group	Utilities	GBX 479.80 +1.6%	-134.90	£2.22 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 497 (3.6% Upside)
JUST Just Group	Financial Services	GBX 211.50	24.61	£2.21 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.80)	GBX 199.80 (-5.5% Downside)
QLT Quilter	Financial Services	GBX 165.40 -0.5%	44.47	£2.20 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.60)	GBX 178.20 (7.7% Upside)
RSW Renishaw	Computer and Technology	GBX 2,970 -1.3%	22.06	£2.14 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 4,000 (34.7% Upside)
ENOG Energean	Energy	GBX 924 -0.2%	16.78	£2.14 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 940 (1.7% Upside)
TCAP TP ICAP Group	Financial Services	GBX 282.50 +0.2%	21.94	£2.13 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 374 (32.4% Upside)
CNYA iShares MSCI China A UCITS ETF USD (Acc)		GBX 5.20 +1.6%	0.00	£2.11 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
VTY Vistry Group	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 639.92 -0.7%	8.50	£2.09 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 631 (-1.4% Downside)
AJB AJ Bell	Financial Services	GBX 507 -0.6%	25.93	£2.09 billion	Hold (Score: 2.20)	GBX 495 (-2.4% Downside)
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TEM Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	Financial Services	GBX 197.45 -1.1%	15.83	£2.06 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
MGNS Morgan Sindall Group	Industrials	GBX 4,354.26 -1.2%	16.39	£2.06 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 4,933.33 (13.3% Upside)
OSB OSB Group	Financial Services	GBX 543 -0.5%	5.41	£2.01 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	N/A
ONT Oxford Nanopore Technologies	Medical	GBX 210.80 +0.6%	-11.35	£2.00 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 232.50 (10.3% Upside)
IWG IWG	Real Estate	GBX 198.10 -1.0%	-14.73	£1.99 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 270 (36.3% Upside)
RAT Rathbones Group	Financial Services	GBX 1,886 -0.3%	30.69	£1.96 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.67)	GBX 2,095.67 (11.1% Upside)
TRIG The Renewables Infrastructure Group	Financial Services	GBX 79.50 +0.8%	-52.40	£1.95 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 100 (25.8% Upside)
INDV Indivior	Medical	GBX 1,238 +1.6%	-1,026.48	£1.93 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 1,650 (33.3% Upside)
DLN Derwent London	Real Estate	GBX 1,719	-5.33	£1.92 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 2,700 (57.1% Upside)
JAM JPMorgan American	Financial Services	GBX 1,058 -0.8%	4.58	£1.92 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
BCG Baltic Classifieds Group	Communication Services	GBX 334 -1.9%	50.07	£1.91 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 350 (4.8% Upside)
SSON Smithson Investment Trust	Financial Services	GBX 1,485.08 -0.6%	-44.37	£1.90 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
LRE Lancashire	Financial Services	GBX 622 +0.2%	11.85	£1.88 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 705.33 (13.4% Upside)
HOC Hochschild Mining	Basic Materials	GBX 287 -1.2%	61.22	£1.86 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.83)	GBX 322.50 (12.4% Upside)
MRC The Mercantile Investment Trust	Financial Services	GBX 249.70 -0.7%	4.69	£1.85 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
BHMG BH Macro GBP	Financial Services	GBX 395.70 +0.4%	42.73	£1.83 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
SRE Sirius Real Estate	Real Estate	GBX 101 +0.4%	13.21	£1.82 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 117.50 (16.3% Upside)
MTO Mitie Group	Industrials	GBX 143.60 -1.0%	14.92	£1.81 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 172.50 (20.1% Upside)
PAG Paragon Banking Group	Financial Services	GBX 905.72 +0.1%	9.78	£1.81 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.67)	GBX 983.67 (8.6% Upside)
SEPL Seplat Energy	Energy	GBX 248.50 -0.4%	22.54	£1.81 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 390.50 (57.1% Upside)
BYG Big Yellow Group	Real Estate	GBX 919 +0.7%	7.45	£1.80 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 1,200 (30.6% Upside)
MYI Murray International	Financial Services	GBX 296.30 -0.1%	9.85	£1.76 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
ALPH Alpha Group International	Financial Services	GBX 4,180 +0.2%	18.63	£1.75 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
GFTU Grafton Group	Industrials	GBX 887.58 -0.4%	13.61	£1.75 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 1,100 (23.9% Upside)
WWH Worldwide Healthcare	Financial Services	GBX 326.18 -0.3%	7.59	£1.74 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
GNS Genus	Medical	GBX 2,629.25 -1.0%	217.94	£1.72 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 2,650 (0.8% Upside)
HILS Hill & Smith	Industrials	GBX 2,125 -0.2%	22.34	£1.71 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.67)	GBX 2,562.50 (20.6% Upside)
ATT Allianz Technology Trust	Financial Services	GBX 450 -1.7%	3.40	£1.71 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
WIZZ Wizz Air	Industrials	GBX 1,389 -1.5%	5.79	£1.71 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 1,175 (-15.4% Downside)
VEIL Vietnam Enterprise	Financial Services	GBX 731.93 -0.1%	-494.37	£1.68 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
N91 Ninety One Group	Financial Services	GBX 189.10 -0.9%	10.89	£1.67 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 190 (0.5% Upside)
FEV Fidelity European Trust	Financial Services	GBX 406.50 +0.4%	8.06	£1.67 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
PNL Personal Assets	Financial Services	GBX 511.87 0.0%	13.05	£1.63 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
HTWS Helios Towers	Communication Services	GBX 122.80 -0.8%	-13.39	£1.63 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 215 (75.1% Upside)
AWE Alphawave IP Group	Computer and Technology	GBX 174.36 -0.9%	-20.27	£1.63 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
GRG Greggs	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 1,604.46 -0.8%	11.90	£1.62 billion	Hold (Score: 2.00)	GBX 2,016.67 (25.7% Upside)
PFD Premier Foods	Consumer Defensive	GBX 184.60 -0.5%	14.14	£1.59 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 270 (46.3% Upside)
AGR Assura	Real Estate	GBX 48.48 +0.9%	-46.34	£1.58 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 51 (5.2% Upside)
MAB Mitchells & Butlers	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 265.50 -1.1%	35.16	£1.57 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.50)	GBX 337.50 (27.1% Upside)
JTC JTC	Financial Services	GBX 917 -0.9%	51.43	£1.54 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 1,275 (39.0% Upside)
PIN Pantheon International	Financial Services	GBX 328 +0.2%	49.12	£1.52 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
COA Coats Group	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 75.10 -0.4%	25.24	£1.51 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 120 (59.8% Upside)
BHMU BH Macro USD	Financial Services	GBX 4.01 +0.4%	34.42	£1.49 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
TEP Telecom Plus	Utilities	GBX 1,866 +0.1%	21.01	£1.48 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 2,600 (39.3% Upside)
GRI Grainger	Real Estate	GBX 198.60 -0.1%	-1,324.00	£1.47 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 317.50 (59.9% Upside)
TFG Tetragon Financial	Financial Services	GBX 17.85 +0.3%	11.45	£1.45 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
FCSS Fidelity China Special	Financial Services	GBX 292.34 -0.4%	1.45	£1.45 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
CRN Cairn Homes	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 192.37 0.0%	13.46	£1.43 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 175 (-9.0% Downside)
CHG Chemring Group	Industrials	GBX 532.12 +0.8%	651.51	£1.43 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 570 (7.1% Upside)
HMSO Hammerson	Real Estate	GBX 290.80 -0.4%	-53.05	£1.42 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 385 (32.4% Upside)
SMWH WH Smith	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 1,100.58 -1.5%	22.70	£1.42 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.80)	GBX 1,430 (29.9% Upside)
SPT Spirent Communications	Computer and Technology	GBX 195.40 -0.6%	105.63	£1.40 billion	Moderate Buy (Score: 2.75)	GBX 236 (20.8% Upside)
SAFE Safestore	Real Estate	GBX 641.50 +0.2%	5.29	£1.40 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 820 (27.8% Upside)
DAL Dalata Hotel Group	Consumer Cyclical	GBX 549.35 -0.6%	17.65	£1.39 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 480 (-12.6% Downside)
NBS Nationwide Building Society	Financial Services	GBX 130 -0.4%	0.92	£1.39 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
BAKK Bakkavor Group	Consumer Defensive	GBX 235 -0.4%	21.40	£1.37 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 170 (-27.7% Downside)
BNKR The Bankers Investment Trust	Financial Services	GBX 123.50 -0.2%	6.26	£1.37 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
SRC SigmaRoc	Basic Materials	GBX 121 -0.3%	-6.10	£1.36 billion	Buy (Score: 3.00)	GBX 140 (15.7% Upside)
PTSB Permanent TSB Group	Financial Services	GBX 2.30 +2.2%	12.74	£1.35 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A
FGT Finsbury Growth & Income	Finance	GBX 901 +0.2%	14.80	£1.34 billion	N/A (Score: 0.00)	N/A

(Last Updated: 8/20/2025)

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Updated July 31, 2022

A History of the FTSE 100
What Sectors are Represented in the FTSE 100 Index?
How Can Investors Invest in the FTSE 100 Index?
The Final Word on the FTSE 100 Index

This exchange gives investors exposure to the leading United Kingdom stocks

The FTSE 100 is the United Kingdom’s (UK) equivalent to the S&P 500. It is looked at as a leading indicator of the UK economy. Investors get exposure to the 100 largest UK companies that are listed on the London Stock Exchange. The FTSE operates Monday through Friday (except for holidays) between the hours of 3:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. EST. The exchange also offers after hours trading as well as pre-market trading.

The FTSE uses free float market-capitalization weighting. This means that the companies on the index that have the highest market cap will have a larger corresponding weight in the index. For example, as of July 2022, BP PLC has the sixth highest market cap on the FTSE 100. Therefore if the stock’s value increases by 1%, the value of the FTSE 100 may go up by nearly 2% based on the weighting assigned to BP.

Several of the companies listed on the FTSE 100 (or Footsie) are headquartered outside of the UK. However, most companies are based in the UK and are impacted by developments inside the company. In this article, we’ll take a close look at the FTSE 100 including looking at the current sector composition and the ways investors can invest in the FTSE 100.

A History of the FTSE 100

The FTSE is an abbreviation for the Financial Times Stock Exchange. This independent organization goes by the nickname “Footsie”. It is similar in its mission to the Standard & Poor’s in the United States. The FTSE is home to many stock indexes which represent a market segment through a portfolio of stock holdings that are weighted to approximate the performance of that segment.

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is the parent organization of the FTSE. In addition to owning the FTSE, the LSEG owns other financial organizations including the Russell Indexes (a family of global stock market indices), Borsa Italiana (the Italian stock exchange), and Millennium IT (an information technology firm based in Sri Lanka).

The index updates and publishes every 15 seconds. The FTSE is the United Kingdom’s equivalent to the Nikkei 225 index in Japan and the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong among others.

By investing standards, the FTSE 100 is still in its infancy. The FTSE 100 was created in January 1984 with a base level of 1,000. Like many of the global markets, the FTSE has followed a mostly upward trend with significant corrections that correspond to the “tech wreck” in the early 2000s and the “Great Correction” in 2007. As of July 25, 2022, the index was over 7,300 which is down from its all-time high of over 7,600 set in 2020.

What Sectors are Represented in the FTSE 100 Index?

Here are the sectors presented in alphabetical order. The telecommunications sector was dropped from the index in 2018. The weightings listed are as of 12/31/2021.

Communications – This sector has only been on the index since 2018. It currently makes up about just over 4% of the index.
Consumer Discretionary – This sector has been steadily declining in weighting since 2015. It currently makes up 6.87% of the index.
Consumer Staples – This is the most heavily weighted sector and is around 17.9% of the index.
Energy – The energy sector has been growing in influence since 2014. It currently represents just under 10% of the index (9.48%).
Financials – This sector carries the second heaviest weight in the index. Financials have typically accounted for one-fifth of the index. At the end of 2021, this sector accounted for 17.82% of the index.
Health Care – The health care sector has been consistently around 10% of the index for the last six years. In 2021, the sector accounted for 11.73% of the index.
Industrials – The Industrial sector has been steadily growing in value to the index and now comprises just over 12% (12.16%) of the index.
Information Technology – Perhaps confirming that London is not a hub for information technology, this sector is only 1.41% of the index and has consistently been around 1% or slightly higher.
Materials - This sector carries the third heaviest weight in the index at just over 13%. This sector has more than doubled in its percentage of weighting since 2015.
Real Estate – This sector has only been part of the index since 2016. It makes up approximately 1% of the index which has not varied much in its brief time on the index.
Utilities – This sector makes up about 3.5% of the index. The weighting in this sector has been steadily declining since it was 4.53% of the index in 2015.

The individual components of the FTSE are adjusted every quarter. Any changes to the underlying index companies and their weighting is determined by the values of the companies at the close of business the night before the review.

How Can Investors Invest in the FTSE 100 Index?

Index funds are a safe way for an investor to invest in a particular market segment without assuming the risk that may be involved with individual equities. Just as index funds exist for different market segments, they also exist for the stock exchanges of many countries. As noted above, the FTSE 100 index is the United Kingdom’s version of the U.S. S&P 500 Index.

U.S. investors can’t buy stocks directly on the FTSE 100. However, many of the stocks that are part of the FTSE 100 have a dual listing on either the NYSE or NASDAQ. This means that some stocks trade in British pounds on the FTSE 100 as well as in U.S, dollars on its United States equivalent exchange.

There are a significant number of indexes attached to the FTSE Group including the FTSE 250, the FTSE 350 and the FTSE All-Share. All FTSE indexes have index fund offerings. Vanguard, for example, has the Vanguard FTSE 100 (VUKE) fund.

The Final Word on the FTSE 100 Index

The FTSE 100 is a market-cap weighted index of the 100 largest companies on the London Stock Exchange. The index is maintained by the Financial Times Stock Exchange Group which is an independent organization similar to the Standard & Poors Company in the United States. The components of the index are determined quarterly.

The FTSE 100 has been in existence since January 1984. From its base level of 1,000, the index has climbed to its level in November 2019 of over $7,350. As of July 2022, the five largest companies on the index were AstraZeneca (NASDAQ: AZN), HSBC Holdings (NYSE: HSBC), GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK), Diageo (NYSE: DEO), and British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI).

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