Proper noun
(London's) Financial Times and Stock Exchange.
(stock market, by extension) The main stock market index code for the British stock market.
(informal) The FTSE 100 Index.
Synonym: (slang) Footsie
And although the pre-referendum FTSE 100 was still much worse than the Nikkei, DAX and Dow Jones, it is less so than before: their respective rises over the same period are 5.2%, 51% and 63.3%. Source: Internet
Amstrad was once a FTSE 100 Index constituent but since 2007 is wholly owned by BSkyB. Source: Internet
Against this backdrop, the FTSE 100 looks set for a benign start to the trading week with traders calling the UK blue-chip index to open 6 points higher at 6,129.89 having dropped 87 points on Friday. Source: Internet
Back in the City, oil giant is still among the top FTSE 100 riser - up 7% today. Source: Internet
Britain’s FTSE 100 shed 0.5 per cent to 5,799. Source: Internet
British businessman Richard Cousins, the chief executive of a FTSE 100 catering giant, died alongside his two sons, fiancee Emma Bowden and her 11-year-old daughter when a sightseeing trip on New Year’s Eve, 2017, ended in tragedy. Source: Internet