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What is the FTSE 100 index?
The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index (FTSE 100), is a stock index of the 100 companies with the highest market capitalisation listed on LSE. The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 companies represent about 81% of the entire London Stock Exchange market capitalisation.

Component companies must meet a number of criteria set out by the FTSE Group, including having a full listing on the LSE with a Euro or Sterling denominated price on the electronic platform, and meeting certain criteria on free float, nationality, and liquidity.

The FTSE 100 index began with a base level of 1000, on January 3, 1984. The index hit the highest closing value of 7,877.45 on 22 May 2018. Institutional investors use the FTSE 100 as a benchmark of global growth and economic and international events.

Tesco share price is down for 8 straight days; Can it still climb to 282p?

·Jul 09, 2020, 11:47 BST

Tesco share price is languishing, a week after the supermarket chain released a relatively modest quarterly update. The shares are...

FTSE 100 Test The 100-Day SMA Support

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·Jul 10, 2020, 09:37 BST

FTSE 100 extends losses for the fourth consecutive session amid the rising fear of new coronavirus cases. Yesterday Tokyo reported a new record of daily infections

Here’s the simple reason why Boohoo share price is bouncing back

·Jul 10, 2020, 10:41 BST

Boohoo share price is up by 3% today, extending the 27% gains it made yesterday. The shares are now trading...

FTSE 100 Breaks Above The 50-day SMA On Coronavirus Drug Hopes

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·Jul 13, 2020, 09:40 BST

FTSE 100 starts the week higher supported by positive sentiment in Asian markets amid hopes of the Gilead’s Remdesivir coronavirus drug. Investors will focus on the earnings season that kicks off tomorrow with the U.S.

Boohoo share price could gain 40% – Goldman Sachs

·Jul 13, 2020, 09:55 BST

Boohoo share price is down by more than 10% today as traders reflected on the new developments in the company....

FTSE 100 Retreat After Weak UK GDP Figures

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·Jul 14, 2020, 10:01 BST

FTSE 100 trade lower as the rising new coronavirus cases increase investors fears for a second lockdown. Economic data earlier showed that the UK economy grew 1.8% on the month in May as the economy started the reopening.

Here’s why Barclays share price is the worst-performing banking stock today

·Jul 14, 2020, 10:14 BST

Barclays share price is down by more than 1.72%, becoming the worst-performing banking stock in the FTSE 100. Lloyds shares...

Burberry earnings preview: Burberry share price slides ahead of Q1 results

·Jul 14, 2020, 11:08 BST

Burberry share price is down by almost 2% as traders wait for disappointing earnings release from the British luxury brand....

Burberry share price analysis after disappointing Q1 earnings

·Jul 15, 2020, 08:50 BST

Burberry share price is down by more than 5% after the company released its worst quarterly results in decades. The...

FTSE 100 crosses key milestone as UK bank shares tumble – here’s why.

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·Jul 15, 2020, 09:31 BST

The FTSE 100 is up by more than 0.70% as traders react to the upbeat inflation data from the UK...

Is the vulnerable RBS share price too cheap to ignore ahead of Q2 earnings?

·Jul 15, 2020, 10:56 BST

RBS share price is down by more than 1.70%, becoming the fourth worst-performing stock in the FTSE 100 after Burberry,...

FTSE 100 Slides After UK Employment Data Point to Severe Economic Downturn

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·Jul 16, 2020, 09:31 BST

FTSE 100 slide in early trading after UK payroll employees fell by 650k in June, a 2.2% drop but the rate of decline in employment had slowed in June compared with May. From March till May, the total weekly hours worked decreased by 16.7% to 877.1m hours

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