FTSE 100
The main blue-chip benchmark for the UK market, with strong links to global macro, commodities, healthcare, and banking.
Base currency
Launch year
Home market
Home exchange
Methodology
How this benchmark is framed
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Venue context
Reference venue
London Stock Exchange
The core venue for UK-listed equities and international depositary trading, with strong representation in global macro-sensitive sectors.
London · GB · 08:00–16:30 Europe/London
Sector mix
Representative sectors
Energy
Sectors
Integrated oil, gas, services, and power-transition businesses whose cash generation often depends on commodity prices and project execution.
Financial Services
Sectors
Banks, insurers, asset managers, exchanges, and payment businesses whose earnings power often reflects rates, credit, and market activity.
Healthcare
Sectors
Pharma, biotech, medical-device, and services companies where product pipelines, patent life, and reimbursement shape long-term value.
Materials
Sectors
Mining, metals, chemicals, and bulk commodity businesses where realized prices, production discipline, and project execution shape returns.
Constituent examples
Representative companies
AstraZeneca PLC
Companies
A global biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, immunology, and rare disease therapies.
HSBC Holdings plc
Companies
A globally diversified banking group with major franchises in Asia, transaction banking, wealth management, and commercial finance.
Rio Tinto plc
Companies
A diversified mining major with exposure to iron ore, aluminum, copper, and other bulk commodities critical to global industrial demand.
Shell plc
Companies
A global energy major spanning upstream, LNG, refining, chemicals, trading, and power-transition investments.
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