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FTSE 250 Index

The Financial Times Stock Exchange 250 Index, also called the FTSE 250 Index, FTSE 250, or, informally, the "Footsie 250", is a stock market index that consists of the 101st to the 350th mid-cap blue chip companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.[1]

Description

The index consists of 11 ICB sectors, three of which have a market cap exceeding £25 billion as at 31 March 2026. These are Financials, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary and together account for approximately 74% of the index's market cap. At the same date there was five companies with a market cap exceeding £3 billion: Balfour Beatty, Aberdeen Group, Investec, Taylor Wimpey, and Johnson Matthey equating to approximately 6% of the market cap.[2]

Each calendar quarter, the FTSE 250's constituents are reviewed and some companies will either exit or enter the index, resulting in irregular trading volume and price changes as market participants rebalance their portfolios.[3]

Related indices are the FTSE 100 Index (which lists the largest 100 companies), the FTSE 350 Index (which combines the FTSE 100 and 250), the FTSE SmallCap Index and the FTSE All-Share Index (an aggregation of the FTSE 100 Index, the FTSE 250 Index and the FTSE SmallCap Index).[4]

Record values

The index began on 12 October 1992 at the base level of 2,403, and a market capitalisation of £98 billion. The highest closing value of 24,250.80 was reached on 1 September 2021.[5]

Annual changes

The following table lists the annual changes in the FTSE 250 index.[6][7][8]

While the FTSE 250 had no retail products prior to its 1992 inception date, in the 1990s the index returns were back-calculated to 1986. Indicative values as follows:[9]

Constituents

The following table lists the FTSE 250 companies after the changes on 31 March 2026.[10]

See also

  • FTSE 100
  • FTSE All-Share Index
  • Fast Track 100 Sunday Times list of the 100 largest private (Non Listed) companies.
  • Top Track 250 Sunday Times list of the 250 Mid-market (Non-Listed) companies.

External links

References

  1. MCX FTSE Russell, 2024-05-13, retrieved 2024-05-13^
  2. FTSE 250 Factsheet LSEG, retrieved 31 March 2026^
  3. FTSE Reshuffle: Who's In, Who's Out? Morning Star, 1 September 2022, retrieved 15 May 2024^
  4. All Indices London Stock Exchange, retrieved 24 January 2025^
  5. MCX^
  6. FTSE Russell Factsheet FTSE 250 Index 31 January 2022, retrieved 20 February 2022^
  7. FTSE 250 Index (United Kingdom) Yearly Stock Returns 1stock1.com, retrieved 2024-02-08^
  8. FTSE 250 FTSE Overview London Stock Exchange, 5 May 2025, retrieved 5 May 2025^
  9. FTSE Russell Factsheet FTSE 250 Index 9 March 2024, retrieved 9 March 2024^
  10. Just Group (UK): Constituent Deletion – Update Changes in FTSE UK Index Series FTSE Russell, 27 March 2026, retrieved 31 March 2026^
  11. FTSE 250 constituents shares prices London Stock Exchange, retrieved 9 February 2023^