It was as long ago as November 11th that I published Things you maybe didn’t know about UK Shares – Part One. So it’s high time I published Part Two. I said I would move on from the FTSE 100 to the FTSE 250. However I will help you to understand the whole FTSE market framework.
The FTSE All Share Index
The FTSE 100 Index is the top of the tree. It comprises the top 100 largest UK listed companies. Below it sits the next 250 largest UK listed companies – The FTSE 250. Unsurprisingly together they form the FTSE 350 Index. Finally we add the FTSE Small Cap Index to make up the FTSE All Share Index in total.
| FTSE Index Component | Number of Shares |
| FTSE 100 Index | 101 |
| FTSE 250 Index | 250 |
| FTSE Small Cap Index | 286 |
| FTSE All Share Index | 637 |
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