Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for a UK stock-market index composed of 100 actively traded, large cap stocks on the London Stock Exchange. This index is often referred to as the FTSE 100.
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- initialism Financial Times and Stock Exchange
- proper noun informal The FTSE 100 Index.
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Examples
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Dow is now well off its lows trading2k: Microsoft (MSFT) reported an 11\% drop in quarterly net income to $4.17 billion trading2k: $FTSE Markets seem to be trending down (FTSE: 4105).
Irish Blogs 2009
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You can see it here, thanks to Nick Sutton's excellent service of snapping tomorrow's newspapers as they come in.9.24pm: We also have a very early prediction for London tomorrow - David Jones of IG Index is calling the FTSE 100 up another 25 points.
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IG index is calling the FTSE 100 index down 117 at 5130 - a fall of around 2.2%.
Debt crisis sends financial markets into turmoil - live 2011
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IG index is calling the FTSE 100 index down 117 at 5130 - a fall of around 2.2%.
The Guardian World News Graeme Wearden 2011
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They are calling the FTSE 100 index down another 103 points, or almost 2%, to 5290.
The Guardian World News Graeme Wearden 2011
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IG index is calling the FTSE 100 index down 117 at 5130 - a fall of around 2.2%.
The Guardian World News Graeme Wearden 2011
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City traders also expect a positive start in London, with IG Index calling the FTSE 100 up 29 points.
Markets optimistic that Greek austerity package will pass 2011
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City traders also expect a positive start in London, with IG Index calling the FTSE 100 up 29 points.
Markets optimistic that Greek austerity package will pass 2011
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IG Markets were calling the FTSE 100 up 79 points earlier.
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Whereas we saw some quite decent gains earlier on in the trading session with all of these markets up by one percent or more, now we're looking, for example, at the London FTSE, which is the largest of these indices, off by more than one percent.
bilby commented on the word FTSE
Pronounced 'footsie'.
December 22, 2023