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FTSE 100 Index - wikipedia FTSE 100 Index Jump to : navigation , search FTSE 100 Index <Td_colspan="2"> FTSE 100 Index performance between 1984 and 2015 Foundation 1984 Operator FTSE Group Exchanges London Stock Exchange Constituents 100 Type Large cap Market cap £ 1.7 trillion ( as of Sept 2016 ) Weighting method Capitalisation - weighted Related indices List ( show ) FTSE 250 Index FTSE 350 Index FTSE SmallCap Index FTSE All - Share Index FTSE Fledgling Index FTSE AIM UK 50 Index Website www.ftse.com The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index , also called the FTSE 100 Index , FTSE 100 , FTSE , or , informally , the `` Footsie '' / ˈfʊtsi / , is a share index of the 100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange with the highest market capitalisation . It is seen as a gauge of prosperity for businesses regulated by UK company law . The index is maintained by the FTSE Group , a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group . Contents ( hide ) 1 Overview 1.1 Weighting 2 Record values 3 Constituents in September 2017 4 Past constituents 5 FT 30 6 See also 7 Notes 8 External links Overview ( edit ) The index is maintained by the FTSE Group , a now wholly owned subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange which originated as a joint venture between the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange . It is calculated in real time and published every second when the market is open . The FTSE 100 broadly consists of the largest 100 qualifying UK companies by full market value . Many of these are internationally focused companies , however , so the index 's movements are a fairly weak indicator of how the UK economy is faring - as seen with many of the recent swings corresponding to the value of sterling . A better indication of the UK economy is the FTSE 250 , as it contains a smaller proportion of international companies . FTSE 100 companies represent about 81 % of the entire market capitalisation of the London Stock Exchange . Even though the FTSE All - Share Index is more comprehensive , the FTSE 100 is by far the most widely used UK stock market indicator . Other related indices are the FTSE 250 Index ( which includes the next largest 250 companies after the FTSE 100 ) , the FTSE 350 Index ( which is the aggregation of the FTSE 100 and 250 ) , FTSE SmallCap Index and the FTSE Fledgling Index . The FTSE All - Share aggregates the FTSE 100 , FTSE 250 and FTSE SmallCap . Component companies must meet a number of requirements set out by the FTSE Group , including having a full listing on the London Stock Exchange with a Sterling or Euro denominated price on the Stock Exchange Electronic Trading Service , and meeting certain tests on nationality , free float , and liquidity . The constituent companies were criticised for their lack of diversity at the boardroom level in a 2014 study which found that more than half of them had no non-white board members , and two thirds did not have any executive directors from minorities . Continuous trading on the London Stock Exchange starts at 08 : 00 and ends at 16 : 30 ( when the closing auction starts ) , and closing values are taken at 16 : 35 . Weighting ( edit ) In the FTSE indices , share prices are weighted by market capitalisation , so that the larger companies make more of a difference to the index than smaller companies . The basic formula for these indices is : Index level = ∑ i Price of stock i × Number of shares i × Free float adjustment factor i Index divisor ( \ displaystyle ( \ text ( Index level ) ) = ( \ frac ( \ sum _ ( i ) ( \ text ( Price of stock ) ) _ ( i ) \ times ( \ text ( Number of shares ) ) _ ( i ) \ times ( \ text ( Free float adjustment factor ) ) _ ( i ) ) ( \ text ( Index divisor ) ) ) ) The Free float Adjustment factor represents the percentage of all issued shares that are readily available for trading . The factor is then rounded up to the nearest multiple of 5 % . To find the free - float capitalisation of a company , first find its market cap ( number of shares x share price ) then multiply by its free - float factor . Free - float capitalisation , therefore , does not include restricted stocks , such as those held by company insiders . Record values ( edit ) The index reached the following record values : Category <Th_colspan="2"> All - time highs Closing 7,547.63 26 May and 2 June 2017 Intraday 7,598.99 2 June 2017 The index began on 3 January 1984 at the base level of 1000 . The highest closing value of 7,547.63 was reached on 26 May 2017 and the highest intra-day value of 7,598.99 was reached on 2 June 2017 . The previous peaks were over 17 years previously , on the last trading day of 1999 , during the dot - com bubble , and in April 2015 , when the Index reached 7103.98 . After falling during the financial crisis of 2007 - 2010 to below 3500 in March 2009 , the index recovered and reached its record high on the morning of 2 June 2017 . Constituents in September 2017 ( edit ) The following table lists the FTSE 100 companies measured by market capitalisation after the changes on 18 September 2017 . The index consists of 100 companies , but there are 101 listings , as Royal Dutch Shell has both A and B class shares listed . Schroders Non Voting shares were also listed until 1 June 2012 when the FTSE 's stricter rules came into force . Company Ticker FTSE Sector 3i III Financial Services Admiral Group ADM Nonlife Insurance Anglo American plc AAL Mining Antofagasta ANTO Mining Ashtead Group AHT Support Services Associated British Foods ABF Food Producers AstraZeneca AZN Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology Aviva AV . Life Insurance Babcock International BAB Support Services BAE Systems BA . Aerospace & Defense Barclays BARC Banks Barratt Developments BDEV Household Goods & Home Construction Berkeley Group Holdings BKG Household Goods & Home Construction BHP BLT Mining BP BP . Oil & Gas Producers British American Tobacco BATS Tobacco British Land BLND Real Estate Investment Trusts BT Group BT. A Fixed Line Telecommunications Bunzl BNZL Support Services Burberry BRBY Personal Goods Carnival Corporation & plc CCL Travel & Leisure Centrica CNA Gas , Water & Multiutilities Coca - Cola HBC AG CCH Beverages Compass Group CPG Travel & Leisure ConvaTec CTEC Health Care Equipment & Services CRH plc CRH Construction & Materials Croda International CRDA Chemicals DCC plc DCC Support Services Diageo DGE Beverages Direct Line Group DLG Nonlife Insurance easyJet EZJ Travel & Leisure Experian EXPN Support Services Ferguson plc FERG Support Services Fresnillo plc FRES Mining G4S GFS Support Services GKN GKN Automobiles & Parts GlaxoSmithKline GSK Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology Glencore GLEN Mining Hammerson HMSO Real Estate Investment Trusts Hargreaves Lansdown HL . Financial Services HSBC HSBA Banks Imperial Brands IMB Tobacco Informa INF Media InterContinental Hotels Group IHG Travel & Leisure International Consolidated Airlines Group SA IAG Travel & Leisure Intertek ITRK Support Services ITV plc ITV Media Johnson Matthey JMAT Chemicals Kingfisher plc KGF General Retailers Land Securities LAND Real Estate Investment Trusts Legal & General LGEN Life Insurance Lloyds Banking Group LLOY Banks London Stock Exchange Group LSE Financial Services Marks & Spencer MKS General Retailers Mediclinic International MDC Health Care Equipment & Services Merlin Entertainments MERL Travel & Leisure Micro Focus MCRO Software & Computer Services Mondi MNDI Forestry & Paper Morrisons MRW Food & Drug Retailers National Grid plc NG . Gas , Water & Multiutilities Next plc NXT General Retailers NMC Health NMC Health Care Equipment & Services Old Mutual OML Life Insurance Paddy Power Betfair PPB Travel & Leisure Pearson PLC PSON Media Persimmon plc PSN Household Goods & Home Construction Prudential plc PRU Life Insurance Randgold Resources RRS Mining Reckitt Benckiser RB . Household Goods & Home Construction RELX Group REL Media Rentokil Initial RTO Support Services Rio Tinto Group RIO Mining Rolls - Royce Holdings RR . Aerospace & Defense The Royal Bank of Scotland RBS Banks Royal Dutch Shell RDSA Oil & Gas Producers RSA Insurance Group RSA Nonlife Insurance Sage Group SGE Software & Computer Services Sainsbury 's SBRY Food & Drug Retailers Schroders SDR Financial Services Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust SMT Equity Investment Instruments Segro SGRO Real Estate Investment Trusts Severn Trent SVT Gas , Water & Multiutilities Shire plc SHP Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology Sky plc SKY Media Smith & Nephew SN . Health Care Equipment & Services Smiths Group SMIN General Industrials Smurfit Kappa SKG General Industrials SSE plc SSE Electricity Standard Chartered STAN Banks Standard Life Aberdeen SLA Financial Services St. James 's Place plc STJ Life Insurance Taylor Wimpey TW . Household Goods & Home Construction Tesco TSCO Food & Drug Retailers TUI Group TUI Travel & Leisure Unilever ULVR Personal Goods United Utilities UU . Gas , Water & Multiutilities Vodafone Group VOD Mobile Telecommunications Whitbread WTB Retail hospitality Worldpay WPG Support Services WPP plc WPP Media Past constituents ( edit ) Abbey Life ( became subsidiary of Lloyds TSB in 1996 , then sold to Deutsche Bank in 2007 ) Abbey National ( acquired by Banco Santander Central Hispano , now part of its Santander UK subsidiary ) Aberdeen Asset Management ( market capitalisation fell too low ) African Barrick Gold ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Aggreko ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Alliance & Leicester ( acquired by Banco Santander Central Hispano , now part of its Santander UK subsidiary ) Alliance Boots ( acquired by private equity fund controlled by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts ) Alliance Trust ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Allied Domecq ( acquired by Pernod Ricard ) Allied Zurich ( dual holding company along with Zurich Allied , companies unified in 2000 to form Zurich Financial Services ) AMEC ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Amersham ( acquired by GE , now part of its GE Healthcare division ) Amstrad ( acquired by British Sky Broadcasting ) Argos ( acquired by GUS and now owned by Home Retail Group ) Argyll Group ( renamed Safeway in 1996 , then taken over by Morrisons in 2004 ) Arjo Wiggins Appleton ( acquired by Worms & Cie ) ARM Holdings ( acquired by SoftBank Group ) ASDA Group ( acquired by Wal - Mart ) BAA ( acquired by Ferrovial ) Balfour Beatty ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Baltimore Technologies ( acquired by Oryx International Growth Fund ) Bank of Scotland ( merged with Halifax to form HBOS , now part of the Lloyds Banking Group ) Barratt Developments ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Bass ( became Six Continents and then InterContinental Hotels Group ) Beecham Group ( merged with SmithKline and then with Glaxo to become GlaxoSmithKline ) Berisford ( renamed Enodis , subsequently acquired by The Manitowoc Company ) BET , formerly British Electric Traction ( acquired by Rentokil , now Rentokil Initial ) BG Group ( acquired by Royal Dutch Shell ) BICC ( renamed Balfour Beatty ) Blue Arrow ( acquired by Corporate Services Group ) Blue Circle Industries ( acquired by Lafarge ) BOC ( acquired by The Linde Group ) Bowater ( renamed Rexam ) Bookham Technology ( renamed Oclaro and now traded on Nasdaq ) BPB Industries ( acquired by Saint - Gobain ) Bradford & Bingley ( branch network acquired by Banco Santander Central Hispano , now part of its Santander UK subsidiary ; loans book nationalised ) Brambles Industries ( now only listed on the Australian Securities Exchange ) British Aerospace ( merged with Marconi Electronic Systems to form BAE Systems ) British Airways ( merged with Iberia to form International Airlines Group ) British Home Stores ( acquired by Storehouse and then sold to Philip Green ) British Steel ( merged with Koninklijke Hoogovens N.V. to become Corus Group , itself now part of Tata Steel ) British & Commonwealth ( collapsed in 1990 ) Britoil ( acquired by BP ) BTR ( merged with Siebe to form BTR Siebe , subsequently renamed Invensys ) Burmah Oil ( renamed Burmah Castrol and acquired by BP ) Burton Group ( renamed Arcadia and acquired by Philip Green ) Cable & Wireless Worldwide ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Cadbury ( acquired by Kraft Foods ) Cairn Energy ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Capita ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Carlton Communications ( merged with Granada to form ITV ) Carphone Warehouse Group ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Celltech ( acquired by UCB in 2004 ) CMG ( merged with Logica to form LogicaCMG ) Coats Viyella ( acquired by Guinness Peat Group and renamed Coats ) Cobham ( market capitalisation fell too low ) COLT Telecom Group ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Commercial Union Assurance ( merged with General Accident to form CGU , itself now part of Aviva ) Consolidated Gold Fields ( acquired by Hanson ) Cookson Group ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Corus Group ( acquired by Tata Steel , now forming its Tata Steel Europe division ) Courtaulds ( demerged into two businesses acquired by Sara Lee and Akzo Nobel ) Daily Mail and General Trust ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Dalgety ( renamed PIC International and then Sygen International and subsequently acquired by Genus ) Debenhams ( market capitalisation fell too low ) De La Rue ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Dimension Data Holdings ( market capitalisation fell too low , subsequently acquired by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone ) Distillers ( acquired by Guinness and now part of Diageo ) Dixons Carphone ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Dixons Group ( renamed to DSG International and then Dixons Retail ; market capitalisation also fell too low ) Dowty Group ( acquired by TI Group , itself now part of Smiths Group ) DSG International ( renamed Dixons Retail ; market capitalisation also fell too low ) Eagle Star ( acquired by BAT Industries and then demerged as part of Zurich Financial Services ) Eastern Group ( acquired by Texas Utilities and then Powergen , now part of E. ON UK ) ECC Group ( acquired by Imetal ) Edinburgh Investment Trust ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Electrocomponents ( market capitalisation fell too low ) EMAP ( acquired by Apax and the Guardian Media Group ) EMI Group ( acquired by Terra Firma Capital Partners , now owned by Citigroup ) Energis ( acquired by Cable and Wireless ) English China Clays ( acquired by Imetal ) Enterprise Inns ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Enterprise Oil ( acquired by Royal Dutch Shell ) Essar Energy ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Eurotunnel ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Evraz ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Exco International ( acquired by British & Commonwealth Holdings ) Exel ( acquired by Deutsche Post ) Ferranti International ( collapsed in 1993 ) Ferrexpo ( market capitalisation fell too low ) FirstGroup ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Fisons ( acquired by Rhone - Poulenc Rorer , now Sanofi - Aventis ) Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Forte ( acquired by Granada , now ITV ) Freeserve ( acquired by France Télécom , now Orange ) Friends Life ( acquired by Aviva ) Friends Provident ( acquired by Resolution Limited ) Gallaher Group ( acquired by Japan Tobacco ) Gateway Corporation ( renamed Somerfield , subsequently acquired by The Co-operative Group ) GEC , formerly General Electric Company ( renamed Marconi and then Telent ) General Accident ( merged with Commercial Union to form CGU , itself now part of Aviva ) George Wimpey ( merged with Taylor Woodrow to form Taylor Wimpey ) Glaxo Wellcome ( merged with SmithKline Beecham to form GlaxoSmithKline ) Globe Investment Trust ( acquired by British Coal Pension Fund ) Granada Compass ( split in 2001 to leave Granada and Compass Group ) Granada ( merged with Carlton Communications to form ITV ) Greenall 's Group ( renamed De Vere Group and then acquired by a joint venture of private investors ) Grand Metropolitan ( merged with Guinness to form Diageo ) Guardian Royal Exchange ( acquired by Axa ) Guinness ( merged with Grand Metropolitan to form Diageo ) GUS ( now demerged into Home Retail Group and Experian ) Habitat Mothercare ( merged with British Home Stores to form Storehouse and subsequently renamed Mothercare again ) Halifax Group ( merged with the Bank of Scotland to form HBOS ) Hambro Life ( renamed Allied Dunbar and acquired by BAT Industries and then demerged as part of Zurich Financial Services ) Hanson ( acquired by Heidelberg Cement ) Harrisons & Crosfield ( renamed Elementis ) Hawker Siddeley ( acquired by BTR , now Invensys ) Hays ( market capitalisation fell too low ) HBOS Group plc ( acquired by Lloyds TSB , now Lloyds Banking Group ) Hikma Pharmaceuticals ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Hillsdown Holdings ( acquired by Hicks , Muse , Tate and Furst and then sold on as Premier Foods ) Home Retail Group ( market capitalisation fell too low ) House of Fraser ( acquired by Baugur ) ICAP ( market capitalisation fell too low ) IMI ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Imperial Chemical Industries ( acquired by Akzo Nobel ) Imperial Continental Gas Association ( broke up into Calor and Contibel ) Inchcape ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Inmarsat ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Innogy Holdings ( renamed Npower and acquired by RWE ) International Power ( acquired by GDF Suez ) Intu Properties ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Invensys ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Invesco ( moved primary listing to NYSE ) Investec ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Jaguar ( acquired by Ford and then by Tata Motors ) Kazakhmys ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Kelda Group ( acquired by Saltaire Water consortium ) a consortium of investment companies including Citigroup and HSBC . Kingston Communications ( renamed KCOM Group and market capitalisation fell too low ) Kwik Save Group ( merged with Somerfield ) Ladbrokes ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Laporte ( major divisions acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts ) Lasmo ( acquired by Eni ) Lattice Group ( merged with National Grid to form National Grid Transco ) Logica ( market capitalisation fell too low ) London Electricity ( acquired by Électricité de France , now part of its EDF Energy division ) Lonhro ( renamed Lonmin ) Lonmin ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Lucas Industries ( merged with Varity to form LucasVarity , then acquired by TRW ) LucasVarity ( acquired by TRW ) Magnet and Southerns ( acquired by Berisford ) Man Group ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Maxwell Communications Corporation ( collapsed in 1991 ) MB - Caradon ( renamed Caradon and then Novar , then acquired by Honeywell ) Melrose ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Meggitt ( market capitalisation fell too low ) MEPC ( acquired by Leconport Estates ) Mercury Asset Management ( acquired by Merrill Lynch ) MFI Furniture ( renamed Galiform and then Howden Joinery and market capitalisation fell too low ) Midlands Electricity ( acquired by Acquila Sterling , now part of E. ON UK ) Midland Bank ( acquired by HSBC ) Misys ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Mitchells & Butlers ( market capitalisation fell too low ) National Westminster Bank ( acquired by Royal Bank of Scotland Group ) NFC ( merged with Ocean Group to form Exel , now part of Deutsche Post ) Northern Foods ( market capitalisation fell too low , before being acquired by Ranjit Boparan ) Northern Rock ( market capitalisation fell too low , before being nationalised ) Norwich Union ( merged with CGNU to form Aviva ) Nycomed Amersham ( acquired by GE ) O2 ( renamed Telefónica Europe following acquisition by Telefónica ) Orange ( acquired by Mannesmann and then by France Télécom , now Orange ) PartyGaming ( market capitalisation fell too low , before merging with Bwin to become bwin. party digital entertainment ) P&O ( acquired by Dubai Ports World ) P&O Princess Cruises ( merged with Carnival Corporation and re-listed as Carnival PLC ) Pennon Group ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Petrofac ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Pilkington ( acquired by Nippon Sheet Glass ) Plessey ( acquired by GEC and Siemens ) Polly Peck ( collapsed in 1990 ) Polymetal International ( market capitalisation fell too low ) PowerGen ( acquired by E. ON UK ) Provident Financial ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Psion ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Punch Taverns ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Racal Electronics ( acquired by Thomson - CSF and then Thales Group ) Railtrack ( collapsed in 2001 ) Rank Hovis McDougall ( acquired by Premier Foods ) Reckitt and Coleman ( merged with Benckiser to form Reckitt Benckiser ) Redland ( acquired by Lafarge ) Reed International ( merged with Elsevier to form Reed Elsevier ) Rentokil Initial ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Resolution Limited ( changed its name to Friends Life Group ) Resolution plc ( acquired by Pearl Group ) Rexam ( acquired by Ball Corporation ) RMC Group ( acquired by Cemex ) Rothmans International ( acquired by British American Tobacco ) J Rothschild ( renamed St. James 's Place and market capitalisation fell too low ) Rowntree 's ( acquired by Nestlé ) Royal Insurance ( merged with Sun Alliance Group to form Royal & SunAlliance ) Royal Mail ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Saatchi & Saatchi ( acquired by Publicis ) Safeway ( acquired by Morrisons ) SABMiller ( acquired by Anheuser - Busch InBev ) Scottish & Newcastle ( acquired by a consortium formed of Heineken & Carlsberg ) Scottish Hydro Electric ( merged with Southern Electric to form Scottish and Southern Energy ) Scottish Power ( acquired by Iberdrola ) Sears ( acquired by January Investments - itself controlled by Philip Green ) Securicor ( merged with Group 4 Falck to form G4S ) Sedgwick ( acquired by Marsh & McLennan ) Sema Group ( acquired by Schlumberger ) Serco ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Shell Transport and Trading Company ( now re-organised with Royal Dutch Petroleum Company as Royal Dutch Shell ) Siebe ( merged with BTR to form Invensys ) SmithKline Beecham ( merged with Glaxo Wellcome to form GlaxoSmithKline ) Smiths Industries ( renamed to Smiths Group ) Southern Electric ( merged with Scottish Hydro Electric to form Scottish and Southern Energy ) Spirent ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Sports Direct ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Stagecoach Group ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Standard Telephones and Cables ( renamed STC and acquired by Nortel ) Storehouse ( renamed Mothercare ) Sun Alliance Group ( merged with Royal Insurance to form Royal & Sun Alliance ) Sun Life Assurance ( acquired by Axa ) Sun Life & Provincial Holdings ( acquired by Axa ) Tarmac ( acquired by Anglo American ) Tate & Lyle ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Taylor Wimpey ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Taylor Woodrow ( merged with George Wimpey to form Taylor Wimpey ) Telewest Communications ( merged with NTL to form NTL : Telewest now Virgin Media ) Thames Water ( acquired by RWE and then sold to Macquarie Bank ) The Energy Group ( acquired by Texas Utilities and then by E. ON UK ) Thomas Cook Group ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Thomson Reuters ( delisted shares from the London Stock Exchange as it ceased to be a dual - listed company ) Thorn ( acquired by Nomura Group ) Thorn EMI ( renamed EMI Group and then acquired by Terra Firma Capital Partners ) Thus ( market capitalisation fell too low , subsequently acquired by Cable & Wireless Worldwide ) TI Group ( acquired by Smiths Group ) Tomkins ( acquired by Onex Corporation and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ) Trafalgar House ( acquired by Kværner ) Travis Perkins ( market capitalisation fell too low ) TSB Group ( merged with Lloyds Bank to form Lloyds TSB ) Trusthouse Forte ( acquired by Granada ) TUI Travel ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Tullow Oil ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Ultramar ( acquired by LASMO and now part of Eni ) Unigate ( renamed Uniq , then market capitalisation fell too low ) United Biscuits ( acquired by consortium of financial investors ) United Business Media ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Vedanta Resources ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Warburg SG ( acquired by Swiss Bank Corporation , now part of UBS ) Weir Group ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Wellcome ( merged with Glaxo to form Glaxo Wellcome , then with SmithKline Beecham to form GlaxoSmithKline ) WH Smith ( market capitalisation fell too low ) William Hill ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Williams Holdings ( demerged into Kidde and Chubb Security , both now part of United Technologies Corporation ) Willis Corroon ( acquired by Trinity Acquisition on behalf of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and renamed Willis Group ) Willis Faber ( acquired by Trinity Acquisition on behalf of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and renamed Willis Coroon and then Willis Group ) Wood Group ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Woolwich ( acquired by Barclays ) Yell Group ( market capitalisation fell too low ) Zeneca ( merged with Astra to form AstraZeneca ) source : `` FTSE : FTSE 100 Constituent Changes '' ( PDF ) . ( 57.9 KB ) FT 30 ( edit ) Main article : FT 30 The oldest continuous index in the UK is the FT 30 , also known as the Financial Times Index or the FT Ordinary Index ( FTOI ) . It was established in 1935 and nowadays is largely obsolete due to its redundancy . It is similar to the Dow Jones Industrial Average , and companies listed are from the industrial and commercial sectors . Financial sector companies and government stocks are excluded . Of the original constituents , four are currently in the FTSE 100 : Guest Keen & Nettlefolds ( GKN ) , Tate & Lyle , Imperial Tobacco and Rolls - Royce , although Rolls - Royce has not been continuously listed and Imperial Tobacco was a subsidiary of Hanson for a number of years . ICI was removed when it was taken over by Akzo Nobel in January 2008 . Two of the original FT 30 companies are still in that index : GKN and Tate & Lyle ( membership is not strictly based on market capitalisation , so this does not mean they are necessarily among the top thirty companies in the FTSE 100 ) . The best performer from the original lineup has been Imperial Tobacco . See also ( edit ) Other lists List of largest companies by revenue , worldwide List of corporate collapses and scandals , on major bankruptcies historically and worldwide List of largest United Kingdom employers , including the public sector List of private equity firms List of largest private companies in the United Kingdom List of hedge funds Stock market lists List of stock market indices Financial Times Global 500 , the BBC Global 30 and the Fortune Global 500 , list the world 's largest corporations by market capitalisation FTSE 250 and FTSE techMARK 100 , a longer FT list , and one for the `` new economy '' Dow Jones and the DAX 30 , equivalent to the FT 30 in the US and Germany S&P 100 and the HDAX , top 100 in the US and top 110 in Germany AEX index Notes ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : `` FTSE 100 Index Factsheet '' ( PDF ) . FTSE Group . Retrieved 24 October 2016 . 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