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The FTSE-All World index was no higher than it had been a year earlier.

Neither would you have lost out if you were lucky enough to be running any of the top companies in the FTSE.

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.

The survey rated Aviva's online report as the best among the 94 FTSE 100 companies that have reported so far this year.

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.

The FTSE All- Share's trailing price earnings multiple of 7. 9 is close to the lowest levels since the recession of the early 1990s .

By comparison, the oldest and largest U. S. -listed China ETF, iShares FTSE China 25 Index, trades close to its NAV.

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.

The pan-European FTSE Eurofirst 300 index dipped close to eight-month lows and London's FTSE 100 was just above lows of the year.

In the U. K. , Shell and BP still constitute four-fifths of the FTSE All Share Oil & Gas Producers index.

And in London, the leading FTSE 100 Index closed 4. 49% down on the same day.

The FTSE emerging markets index has risen 41. 1 per cent since the start of the year and 60. 8 per cent since the beginning of March.

Overall pay for directors of FTSE companies, including bonuses, fell by an average of 5%.

The international diversity of the British boardroom also means that a FTSE 100 company is much less likely to have a knight at the helm.

London's FTSE 100 index, the DAX in Frankfurt and the CAC 40 in Paris were all down more than five percent in afternoon trading.

Since then, the total return on FTSE's All-World stock index, in dollar terms, has been almost exactly zero.

Since the rally started six weeks ago, the FTSE-World indices show cyclical sectors doing best.

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

News "from the markets" is not of new products and services, but of the fluctuations of the FTSE.

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

In London, the FTSE index lost another 3. 5% on top of the 10% fall it suffered last week.

The latest China bonus is a commodities boom that put Glencore in need of a chairman of a FTSE 100 company with global experience.

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

More damningly, they are the only two innovative tech outfits in the FTSE index of leading shares.

Low-cost funds that mechanically track the FTSE indices have no choice but to buy into a big IPO, whatever its merits.

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

But in Europe, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 rose 0. 5 per cent to a fresh 11-month high, while most Asian markets enjoyed a strong session.

And the top 20 companies account for just over a quarter of the FTSE emerging-markets index.

Meanwhile, the gap between the basic salaries for FTSE 100 executives and directors of smaller companies is widening.

The FTSE All-World equities index closed 0. 4 per cent higher in London.

Seven of those have outperformed the FTSE All-Share, on a total return basis, over the past year (to December 22).

Miners and oil firms already account for some 30% of the FTSE all-share index, twice their weight in the index of global stocks (see chart).

Many traditional industries have disappeared and of the original FTSE 100, just 23 remain.

Most FTSE 100 companies put their annual reports online in large PDF files that were slow to open or download.

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.

As the FTSE falls value is knocked off the UK's biggest companies, leaving them with less money to invest.

Over the past two weeks, stocks, as measured by the FTSE-All World index, rose 12 per cent, virtually without interruption.

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

The precise causes of the crash remain unclear - some have even blamed FTSE's woes on the London hurricane of October 16.

The FTSE All-World index, which fell below its January starting point in June, ended the year 20 per cent higher in dollar terms.

The FTSE All World equities index has surged more than 60 per cent since hitting a low for the year in March.

In any case, the Dow and Nasdaq, S& P and FTSE, all recorded falls of less than 1% on Monday.

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

The FTSE Hedge Fund index has dropped 5 per cent over the past quarter, compared with an 11 per cent fall on the FTSE All Share.

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

"We outperform fixed deposits and the FTSE, " says Mr Stevens. "It's a good return for investors. "

The average tenure for an auditor of a British FTSE 100 company is 48 years.

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

The benchmark FTSE index has fallen 2. 1 percent this week, led by a plunge in the shares of many leading banks.

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

FTSE Xinhua claims it was allowed use of the data under existing agreements.

The scramble to get hold of new share issues comes as FTSE's emerging market index is up 148 per cent from a trough in March 2009.

European stock markets, the British FTSE 100 index fell 1. 2 percent, banking and mining plate lower plate.

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.

The FTSE slipped while European equities edged ahead.

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

In July, the FTSE Europe ex-UK index fell 1. 4% in local currency terms as Eurozone economic data pointed towards further weakness.

During the lost decade the average annual bonus of directors of FTSE 100 companies increased 187% and director's salaries 64%.

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

Chief executives' rewards at FTSE 100 companies grew dramatically over the decade to 2008, though they dipped in 2009 (see chart).

ICI dropped out ofthe FTSE 100 list of leading British companies, and may survive only as a brand.

The FTSE All-World equity index is up 0. 6 per cent, while US Treasury yields are firmer as investors tweak monetary policy expectations.

The FTSE Straits Times China Index . FTFSTC trades at about 9 times current earnings, compared to about 14 times for the main index.

With many markets closed for the May 1 holiday, London's FTSE 100 share index . FTSE ended flat after two days of sharp gains.

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.

This week's cast list included several senior representatives from FTSE 350 groups.

The FTSE fell by 85 points, or 1. 6%, in the first few minutes of trading in London this morning.

Year-to-date, the Greater China Fund has outperformed the iShares FTSE Xinhua China 25 (FXI).

In Europe, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 fell 0. 9 per cent, with turnover severely curtailed by a market holiday in the UK.

Most indices in Europe were up more than 3 per cent including the FTSE, DAX in Germany and the Euro Stoxx 50.

In Europe, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 closed 1. 9 per cent higher, helped by a recovery for banks and airlines.

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

In the UK, 12 percent of all board members in the top FTSE (Financial Times Stock Exchange) 100 companies are female.

In Britain on September 17th, the yield on the FTSE All-Share index was higher than the yield on ten-year gilts.

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.

And the Treasury select committee has expressed concern that only 9% of board members at FTSE 100 banks are women .

France's CAC 40 was the worst performer among major European indexes, falling 3. 3%, followed by Italy's FTSE MIB, which dropped 2. 8%.

Earlier, the UK's FTSE 100 index rose 2. 1 per cent to its highest level since mid-January.

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

Since then, the FTSE emerging markets index has outperformed the developed markets index by 48. 8 per cent.

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

The FTSE All-World index was up 0. 8 per cent following gains across Europe and Asia, while US Treasuries and the dollar slipped.

In 1973, the imposition of a three-day working week saw the FTSE All Share Index fall 31pc.

In 1973, the imposition of a three-day working week saw the FTSE All Share Index fall 31pc.

The inflow of cash has helped maintain the share prices of FTSE 100 companies.

From when the ban was introduced to the end of November, the FTSE 350 financial sector index lost 0. 68% a day.

The iShares FTSE China 25 Index Fund, a popular means of investing in China, has fallen 19% this year, including a 5% slide this past week.

The S&P 500, FTSE 100 and Eurofirst 300 indices of leading shares fell, while the euro sank to almost to a one-year low against the dollar.

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

The FTSE All-World Emerging Equity index is up 8 per cent this year, versus a 7 per cent fall in the Developed index.

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.

Even today, the FTSE trades at the same level as in 1998.

The British FTSE 100 gained 4. 9% during the first quarter, versus 5. 4% during the fourth quarter.

The pan-European FTSE Eurofirst 300 index fell 2. 6 per cent to its lowest level since October 2006.

The leading European markets all fell about 5% with London's FTSE 100 index seeing its biggest one-day fall since March 2009.

Markets seem welcoming, with the FTSE All World stock index up 28 per cent since its March 9 low.

The SGX said the current dispute had nothing to do with its operations since it was not a party to the lawsuit filed against FTSE Xinhua

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

MSCI Barra, FTSE's rival, says it calculates more than 130, 000 indices a day and some $3, 500bn of assets are using them as a gauge.

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 All-World index has risen by 31 per cent since its March low.

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.

The FTSE Asia Pacific index was nearly 9 per cent higher, its best day since October 1998.

Europe's major sharemarkets all dipped on the news, the London FTSE 100, CAC 40 in Paris and Frankfurt's DAX 30 down around a percent.

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.

FTSE says some $3, 000bn of assets are managed against its benchmark.

Other peripheral markets also gained, with Spain's IBEX 35 index and Italy's FTSE MIB each rising around 0. 9%.

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

FTSE put global losses for the first week of August at $3. 785 trillion; the MSCI All Country World Index fell $2. 794 trillion.

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

The FTSE Eurofirst 300 index climbed 0. 5 per cent, but this was largely because of the performance of the UK stocks listed on the index.

Companies in the financial, energy and basic-materials sectors have a 79% weighting in the iShares FTSE China 25 fund.

To Europe, and London's FTSE was fairly flat but Germany's DAX put on 24 points.

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

In Europe, the FTSE Euro-first 300 index suffered its biggest weekly fall since March 2003, dropping 5. 2 per cent.

The U. K. 's FTSE 100 and Germany's DAX both slid 2. 1 percent.

The FTSE MIB index of 40 leading stocks rose 1. 7%, outstripping other European bourses.

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.

There has been virtually no progress in appointing women into these positions (4. 8 per cent of FTSE 100 executives).

Since then, the FTSE has dropped 35 per cent.

The ratio is 11 for the fund, compared with 12. 4 for the FTSE World index, the fund's benchmark.

FTSE, which is 50 per cent owned by the Financial Times, calculates more than 120, 000 indices a day.

However, the FTSE World Index has risen by just 3. 4 per cent this year.

Portugal's PSI 20 index and Ireland's ISEQ index both dropped 0. 6% after Moody's warning. Italy's FTSE MIB index slumped 1.

The pan-European FTSE Eurofirst 300 closed just 0. 4 per cent lower, having been down more than 2 per cent in early trading.

London's FTSE 100 indexes closed down 2. 5%, while Germany and France's key index both closed about 4% lower.

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.

Markets in Germany and France closed down more than 3 percent. London's FTSE 100 index closed down 2. 4 percent.

Just 12. 2% of FTSE board directors are women.

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

By contrast, the pan- European FTSE Eurofirst 300 index rose 1. 6 per cent to close above the 800 level for the first time in two months.

The U. K. 's FTSE 100, down 27% from 2007, ranks 36th.

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 FTSE All World Emerging index has fallen 9. 7 per cent since it hit a peak on June 1.

while, even more dramatically the UK's FTSE 100 Index peaked at 6, 950. 60 on the last day of trading in 1999 (December 30).

The FTSE World equity index rose 0. 6 per cent to 355, its highest level since mid-September 2008.

Total earnings of FTSE 100 chief executives jumped from 47 times the UK's median full time earnings in 1999 to 88 times in 2009.

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 London FTSE 100 index closed 135. 5 points, or 2 pct, at 6, 586. 1, with similar falls in the German and French indices.

Last year, London-based Private Banking Index, in conjunction with FTSE Group, launched a series of private banking benchmarks.

The euro rose more than 2 per cent against the dollar, while the FTSE Eurofirst 300 rose 1. 6 per cent.

The FTSE 250, seen as more representative of the domestic UK economy, lost 2 per cent to 6, 707. 59, a fall of 195 points.

The FTSE Asia-Pacific index yesterday fell 1. 2 per cent to 224. 79, its worst run of losses since June 2002.

The FTSE Eurofirst 300 index fell 2. 5 per cent.

The FTSE Eurofirst 300 index fell 2. 1 per cent.

Portugal's PSI 20 index fell 0. 7% and Italy's FTSE MIB index was down 0.

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.

The FTSE Asia-Pacific index gained 0. 7 per cent to 245. 12, its highest level since August 2008.

The FTSE All-World index rose to 216. 73, up 0. 2 per cent, its highest level since September 2008.

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.

The pan-European Dow Jones Stoxx 600 index fell 3. 3%, while London's FTSE 100 index was down 3. 2%.

The FTSE Asia-Pacific index gained 2. 4 per cent to 188. 07.

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.

They lasted 28 and 60 days respectively and the FTSE All-Share index rose 9. 3 per cent and 16. 7 per cent.

The FTSE-Xinhua index of the 25 largest Chinese stocks quoted in Hong Kong (H shares) is different, he says.

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.

The mid-cap FTSE 250 firmed 37 points to 11, 925. 1.

The iShares FTSE China 25 Index ETF, for instance, owns the 25 largest Chinese companies listed on Hong Kong's Hang Seng exchange.

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.

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