FTSE 250 Index

The FTSE 250 Index, also called the FTSE 250, or, informally, the "Footsie 250", is a stock market index that measures the real strength of the economy of the United Kingdom and consists of the 101st to the 350th mid-cap blue chip companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.

The index consists of 38 sectors, three of which have a market cap exceeding £25 billion as at 28 June 2024. These are collective investments, investment banking & investment services, and residential and commercial REIT, which together account for approximately 56% of the index's market cap. At the same date there was one company with a market cap exceeding £4 billion: Polar Capitalwhich accounts for approximately 1% of the market cap.

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.

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).

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.

Annual changes
The following table lists the annual changes in the FTSE 250 index.

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

Constituents
The following table lists the FTSE 250 companies after the changes on 8 July 2024.