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FTSE 250 Index Now Accessible Via iShares ETF

Date 26/03/2004

The FTSE 250 Index, which has significantly outperformed the FTSE 100 Index over the last two years, has been selected as the basis of a new Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), created by Barclays Global Investors (BGI). Beginning Monday 29 March, the iShares FTSE 250, will trade on the London Stock Exchange. This is the first ETF to use the FTSE 250 Index, and is available to both institutional and retail investors.

More information about the FTSE 250 Index, including performance statistics and sector breakdown can be accessed at the FTSE UK Index Series home page.