the FTSE 100

But it has turned itself into a global company, listed on the London Stock Exchange, with a spot in the FTSE 100 index.

But it stems from the fact that this once-mighty engine of the FTSE-100 has stalled at home.

On stock markets, sentiment was also frayed and in London the FTSE 100 index of bluechips closed at its lowest level for seven weeks.

The latter is as simple as it sounds; for the FTSE 100 index, it would mean placing 1% of a portfolio into each of the 100 stocks.

On the same day the FTSE 100 reached 5, 140, its highest point since the collapse of Lehman Brothers a year ago.

BP's disaster has mired a regional economy, hammered the company's share price and dragged down the FTSE 100.

In London, the FTSE 100 jumped more than 100 points, adding to earlier gains this week.

In London the FTSE 100 declined 3. 6 per cent as the pound slumped amid weak economic and earnings news.

Some 70% of revenue from companies in the FTSE-100 index comes from outside Britain, a good chunk of it from emerging markets.

In the last decade the pay of CEOs in the FTSE 100 has jumped two and a half times.

In London, the FTSE 100 index ended just 0. 1 per cent lower, with mining stocks suffering most.

The FTSE 100 index was up more than 100 points in London.

In London, the FTSE 100 lost 1. 7 per cent as banks, airlines and travel stocks fell.

According to Data Explorers, a research firm, only 4. 5% of the FTSE 100 index's value is out on loan.

The FTSE 100 was now down almost 300 points - optimism was fading and the prospect of another Black Monday was coming into view.

Both the FTSE 100 in London and the Cac 40 index in Paris were down by about 3%.

In London, the FTSE 100 index is more than 7 per cent higher.

The FTSE share index, meanwhile, ended the decade lower than it started.

But the FTSE-100 stock index rose, and closed at a fresh high for the year.

In the UK, the London Stock Exchange now handles less than 60 per cent of trading in the FTSE 100.

Stock markets fell early on, but later recovered, with the FTSE 100 in positive territory.

In London, the FTSE 100 closed off 146 points, or 2. 7%, to close the week down nearly 10%.

Only 2% of the bosses of Fortune 500 companies and five of those in the FTSE 100 stockmarket index are women.

At 4. 30pm, the FTSE 100 closed down 212 points - a very bad day, but substantially better than feared.

Dollar-based investors in the FTSE 100 lost half their money in 2008, despite the index falling only 31% for the year.

Action Aid, a charity, published research this week showing that the companies in the FTSE 100 index had 8, 492 offshore subsidiaries.

In London, the FTSE 100 rose 2. 3 per cent.

Despite today's fall, the FTSE 100 is still around 50% higher than March's low of 3460.

In London, the FTSE 100 index rose by 83 points to 4, 902.

But the graph shows that two support lines are converging in the 5500 area of the FTSE 100, about 10 per cent below February's peak.

The FTSE 100 index dips to 3000 - another 25% down on today's levels and more than 50% below its 2007 peak - and fails to recover.

In London, the FTSE 100 failed to achieve a record-breaking 12-session run of gains.

Yesterday the FTSE 100 suffered its worst day's trading since March, falling by 170 points.

In London, the FTSE 100 index was up 6. 8 points at 5144. 78 mid-morning.

The FTSE is down 14 per cent this year, while Germany's Dax has fallen more than 18 per cent.

In the UK, the FTSE 100 has fallen almost 20 per cent since a ban on short selling financial stocks was introduced on September 19.

Even before the surprise vote, the FTSE 100 had closed down 5. 3 per cent on a tumultuous day which saw financial stocks hammered.

Admiral, the FTSE 100 insurance company, ran an all-female shortlist in 2005 when I joined the board.

In London, the FTSE 100 index closed 5. 7 per cent lower at 4, 272.

The FTSE 100 index fell on July 2nd, the first full day of trading after the Glasgow incident, by a measly 17 points.

According to numbers crunched by Merrill Lynch, 70% of profits in the FTSE 100 this year will be made by resources companies.

In London, the FTSE 100 index fell 4. 55 per cent, or more than 300 points, to 6, 116. 2, also its worst week since March 2003.

This tracks the FTSE 100 and gives you a 1 per cent gain for every 1 per cent fall in the underlying index.

Since their peak in June 2007, the SMI and the FTSE 100 stock market indices have fallen by about 49 per cent and 42 per cent respectively.

The FTSE 100 closing down 3. 5%, with similar carnage in Frankfurt and Paris.

The FTSE 100 declined by 16. 5% over the past year but was still a better performer than the other main European indices.

Mining and metals companies, which make up 10 to 11 per cent of the FTSE 100, are one way to gain exposure.

But by mid- afternoon, the FTSE 100 had recovered slightly to 5813. 2, down only 48 points or 0. 8% since the morning.

The early funds tended to replicate an index: buying every share in the FTSE 100, for example.

Banks and resource stocks fell on concerns about global growth, driving the FTSE 100 down 3. 6% to 5102. 58.

The FTSE 100 index closed down 5. 18 per cent.

The data hit world stockmarkets: the FTSE 100 fell 78. 1 points, or 1. 8%, to 4262. 61 on the back of the news.

On May 25th the FTSE 100 index closed below 5, 000 for the first time since last October.

A touch lower before the mid-day rate decision, the FTSE 100 was up 10 points to 6, 374. 7 just after the announcement.

At Christmas 2007 the FTSE 100 stood at 6, 500 points.

In the UK, the FTSE 100 is down 10 per cent, while the 10-year gilt yield is down almost 30 per cent.

The FTSE 100 recovered almost half of last week's losses to close 8. 3% higher, up 325 points at 4, 256. 9.

In Britain, for example, the FTSE 100 index more than halved between December 1999 and March 2003.

Its Fine Wine 50 index rose by 57% last year, far outstripping gold ( 35%), crude oil ( 20%) and the FTSE 100 ( 11%).

Standard Chartered is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.