You've probably heard it called the FTSEthe FTSE or more informally the Footsie, but do you know what it is and how it came about?

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Put into its simplest term, the FTSE is a share index of the most highly capitalised UK companies listed on the London Stock exchange. The name itself, FTSE, is a combination of the two founding organisations which still maintain the index today as an independent company - the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange.

The blue chips selected are reviewed quarterly and make up over three-quarters of the total market capitalisation on the London Stock Exchange.

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And footsie 100 companies market capitalisation the FTSE is made up of the biggest market performers, it's the most widely used and referred to index in the news when discussing the success, or non-success, of particular businesses and the economy. Trading on these companies takes place between All stocks on the FTSE index group are indian stock market tomorrow tips weighted so that companies are weighted by the total value of shares that are actually available to portfolio investors rather than the total market cap.

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