FTSE 100
The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 (FTSE 100, or the Footsie) is a share index representing an average of share prices in the 100 largest, most actively traded companies on the London Stock Exchange.
The FTSE 100 measures the daily share price performance of those 100 firms.
As the Financial Times explains, if the FTSE 100 is up, it means there are more people buying than selling and share prices have risen. Conversely, if more people are dumping shares the index goes down.
The index began on 3 January 1984 at the base level of 1000 and is maintained by the FTSE Group, today's wholly owned subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange which originated as a joint venture between the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange.
The highest closing value reached to date is 7037.67 (with an intra-day high of 7065.08), on 23 March 2015.
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European stocks lifted by carmakers as Volkswagen jumps
26 November 2015 #stocks, Volkswagen
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- 744 Market News Turkish lira, airline stocks drop on reports Turkey
- 806 Market News European shares hit three-month highs on Fed
- 982 Market News European stocks fall as Paris raid rattles markets
- 658 Market News EC backs France's decision to boost security spending;
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- 1 027 Market News Wall Street opens on a weaker note after Paris tragedy;
- 619 Market News Moody's warning, Portugal developments, Chinese
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Analytics & Forecasts
Quick Technical Overview - FTSE 100 Index: bear market
9 November 2015 #market condition, technical analysis
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VW emissions scandal widens to gas-fueled cars; DAX
4 November 2015 #dax, Volkswagen
- 1 203 Currency Euro lower after data showed Spanish unemployment
- 722 Market News European stocks mostly higher after PMI reading
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Currency
Pound jumps as U.K. factory growth hits 16-month peak
2 November 2015 #forex news, GBP/USD
- 984 Market News No more deflation in euro area; Unemployment slides to
- 1 155 Market News Wall Street higher at open ahead of Fed
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Dollar swings, while European stocks rise ahead of FOMC
28 October 2015 #forex news, dax
- 742 Market News European stocks retreat from 2-month peak after mixed
- 1 107 Market News Stocks, metals jump as China cuts rates again
- 908 Market News London stocks dip after China numbers; U.K. inflation
- 901 Market News Pound drops, FTSE jumps after Bank of England holds
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Sterling jumps, FTSE 100 dips ahead of Bank of England
8 October 2015 #forex news, eur/gbp
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Euro drops as German and Spanish industrial output
7 October 2015 #forex news, stocks
- 557 Market News U.S., European indices rise as markets digest global
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Dollar moves lower vs euro, pound as FOMC meeting
8 September 2015 #forex news, usd/jpy
- 726 Market News European stock markets shrug off China's losses, move
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Analytics & Forecasts
FTSE 100 Index Outlook for September - correction to
4 September 2015 #stock market, Ichimoku
- 866 Market News Markets jump as euro area growth hits four-year high;
- 844 Market News Morgan Stanley sees "full-house buy signal" in European