Award winning index provider FTSE Group (“FTSE”) today confirms that the UK's leading pest control organisation Rentokil Initial, European property investment and development company Segro and the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant chain Whitbread will be joining the FTSE 100. In the rebalance, Balfour Beatty, Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust and Pennon Group will be leaving the UK’s leading blue chip benchmark.
In addition the FTSE 250 Index see’s the return of media group Trinity Mirror alongside seven other Smallcap constituents, whilst those leaving the index include investment instruments from both JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. The full changes occurring to the FTSE 250 Index are as follows:
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Constituents
leaving the FTSE Smallcap and entering the FTSE 250 Index |
Constituents
leaving the FTSE 250 and entering the FTSE Smallcap |
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-Avis
Europe -Imagination
Technologies Group -International
Personal Finance -
Lamprell -Northgate, -Paragon
Group of Companies -St.
Modwen Properties -Trinity
Mirror |
-Absolute
Return Trust - -Fisher
(James) & Sons -Goldman
Sachs Dynamic Opportunities -Goldman
Sachs Dynamic Opportunities (EUR) -JP
Morgan European Investment Trust (Gwth Shs) -Mouchel
Group -Novae
Group -
SDL * Goldman Sachs Dynamic Opportunities
GBP and EUR lines are treated as a single company. |
The changes to the indices take place following FTSE’s UK Index Series quarterly review, which is carried out by the independent FTSE Europe, Middle East and Africa Regional Committee. The regular index reviews ensure the indices remain an accurate reflection of the market they represent which is essential, as they form the basis of many pension funds and investment portfolios.
All changes from this review take effect from the start of trading on Monday 21st September 2009.
Statistics: Breakdown to show index share by (ICB classification -Supersectors) of the FTSE 100. The period covers Friday 10th October 2008, on which there was the second biggest negative weekly change of -15.40%, to 9th September 2009.
FTSE
100 Index ICB Super Sector breakdown Oct 08-Sept 09
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10th October 2008 |
9th September 2009 |
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Sum of Net Market Cap (£m) |
Sum of Net Market Cap (£m) |
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Supersector |
Total |
Supersector |
Total |
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Oil and Gas |
19.89% |
Oil & Gas |
20.81% |
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Chemicals |
0.24% |
Chemicals |
0.25% |
|
Basic Resources |
8.59% |
Basic Resources |
11.23% |
|
Construction & Materials |
0.00% |
Construction & Materials |
0.13% |
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Industrial Goods and Services |
3.91% |
Industrial Goods & Services |
4.03% |
|
Food & Beverage |
5.85% |
Food & Beverage |
6.10% |
|
Personal & Household Goods |
5.65% |
Personal & Household Goods |
6.06% |
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Healthcare |
9.67% |
Health Care |
8.93% |
|
Retail |
4.72% |
Retail |
4.79% |
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Media |
2.18% |
Media |
2.22% |
|
Travel & Leisure |
1.89% |
Travel & Leisure |
1.40% |
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Telecommunications |
7.74% |
Telecommunications |
7.02% |
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Utilities |
5.50% |
Utilities |
3.88% |
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Banks |
16.52% |
Banks |
16.26% |
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Insurance |
4.31% |
Insurance |
3.67% |
|
Financial Services |
2.81% |
Financial Services |
2.55% |
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Technology |
0.53% |
Technology |
0.66% |
|
Grand Total |
100% |
Grand Total |
100% |
