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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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%.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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).

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.

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

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.

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).

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 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.

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

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.

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

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.

FTSE 100 closes above 5000 for first time in almost a year

However, Britain's FTSE 100 index of leading shares was up 0. 2 per cent amid hopes of an imminent deal