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FTSE 250 Index
British stock market index
British stock market index
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | FTSE 250 |
| logo | Ftse250 logo.svg |
| image | FTSE 250 Index Line Chart (1992-2024).jpg |
| caption | Performance of the FTSE 250 index between October 1992 and June 2025 |
| foundation | 12 October 1992 |
| operator | FTSE Russell |
| exchanges | London Stock Exchange |
| symbol | MCX |
| constituents | 250 (June 2025) |
| cap_level | Mid-cap |
| mcap | billion (June 2025) |
| weighting | Capitalisation-weighted |
| related | |
| homepage | |
| reuters | .FTMC |
| bloomberg | MCX:IND |
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.
Description
The index consists of 11 ICB sectors, four of which have a market cap exceeding £25 billion as at 30 June 2025. These are Financials, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Real Estate and together account for approximately 84% of the index's 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.
| Year | Price only return |
|---|---|
| (excludes dividends received by shareholders) | |
| 1994 | −7.64% |
| 1995 | 14.84% |
| 1996 | 11.67% |
| 1997 | 6.62% |
| 1998 | 1.40% |
| 1999 | 32.75% |
| 2000 | 1.59% |
| 2001 | −9.29% |
| 2002 | −27.27% |
| 2003 | 34.40% |
| 2004 | 19.49% |
| 2005 | 26.78% |
| 2006 | 27.10% |
| 2007 | −4.65% |
| 2008 | −40.32% |
| 2009 | 46.3% |
| 2010 | 24.2% |
| 2011 | −12.6% |
| 2012 | 22.5% |
| 2013 | 28.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9% |
| 2015 | 8.4% |
| 2016 | 3.7% |
| 2017 | 14.7% |
| 2018 | −15.6% |
| 2019 | 25.0% |
| 2020 | −6.2% |
| 2021 | 14.6% |
| 2022 | −19.7% |
| 2023 | 4.4% |
| 2024 | 5.69% |
| 2025 | 8.96% |
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:
| Year | Price only | Total return |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 28.7% | 33.4% |
| 1987 | 8.6% | 13.3% |
| 1988 | 10.2% | 15.4% |
| 1989 | 21.6% | 26.7% |
| 1990 | −20.1% | −15.8% |
| 1991 | 11.9% | 17.4% |
| 1992 | 21.1% | 26.3% |
| 1993 | 32.4% | 37.5% |
| 1994 | −7.6% | −4.4% |
| 1995 | 14.8% | 19.1% |
| 1996 | 11.7% | 15.7% |
| 1997 | 6.6% | 10.6% |
| 1998 | 1.4% | 4.0% |
| 1999 | 32.8% | 36.4% |
| 2000 | 1.6% | 3.9% |
| 2001 | −9.3% | −6.8% |
| 2002 | −27.3% | −24.8% |
| 2003 | 34.3% | 38.6% |
| 2004 | 19.6% | 22.9% |
| 2005 | 26.8% | 30.3% |
| 2006 | 27.1% | 30.2% |
| 2007 | −4.7% | −2.8% |
| 2008 | −40.3% | −37.5% |
| 2009 | 46.3% | 50.0% |
| 2010 | 24.2% | 26.9% |
| 2011 | −12.6% | −9.9% |
| 2012 | 22.5% | 25.5% |
| 2013 | 28.8% | 31.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| 2015 | 8.4% | 11.2% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | 6.5% |
| 2017 | 14.7% | 17.7% |
| 2018 | −15.6% | −12.7% |
| 2019 | 25.0% | 28.7% |
| 2020 | −6.4% | −4.2% |
| 2021 | 14.6% | 16.8% |
| 2022 | −19.7% | −17.1% |
| 2023 | 4.6% | 8.0% |
Constituents
The following table lists the FTSE 250 companies after the changes on 28 January 2026.
| Company | Ticker | FTSE Industry Classification Benchmark sector | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3i Infrastructure | |||||
| 4imprint | |||||
| Aberdeen Group | |||||
| Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust | |||||
| Abrdn Asia Focus | |||||
| Alfa Financial Software | |||||
| Allianz Technology Trust | |||||
| Anglo-Eastern Plantations | |||||
| AO World | |||||
| Applied Nutrition | |||||
| Ashmore Group | |||||
| Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust | |||||
| Aston Martin Lagonda | |||||
| Atalaya Mining | |||||
| AVI Global Trust | |||||
| Avon Technologies | |||||
| B&M | |||||
| Baillie Gifford Japan Trust | |||||
| Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust | |||||
| Balfour Beatty | |||||
| Baltic Classifieds | |||||
| Bankers Investment Trust | |||||
| A.G. Barr | |||||
| AJ Bell | |||||
| Bellway | |||||
| BH Macro | |||||
| Big Yellow Group | |||||
| Biopharma Credit | |||||
| BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust | |||||
| BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust | |||||
| BlackRock Throgmorton Trust | |||||
| BlackRock World Mining Trust | |||||
| Bluefield Solar Income Fund | |||||
| Bodycote | |||||
| Breedon Group | |||||
| Bridgepoint Group | |||||
| Brunner Investment Trust | |||||
| Bytes Technology Group | |||||
| C&C Group | |||||
| Caledonia Investments | |||||
| Capital Gearing Trust | |||||
| Carnival Corporation & plc | |||||
| Ceres Power | |||||
| Chemring Group | |||||
| Chesnara | |||||
| Chrysalis Investments | |||||
| City of London Investment Trust | |||||
| Clarkson | |||||
| Close Brothers Group | |||||
| CMC Markets | |||||
| Coats Group | |||||
| Computacenter | |||||
| Cranswick | |||||
| Currys | |||||
| Derwent London | |||||
| discoverIE | |||||
| Domino's Pizza | |||||
| Dowlais Group | |||||
| Drax Group | |||||
| Dr. Martens | |||||
| Dunelm Group | |||||
| Edinburgh Investment Trust | |||||
| Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust | |||||
| Elementis | |||||
| Energean | |||||
| European Smaller Companies Trust | |||||
| Fidelity China Special Situations | |||||
| Fidelity Emerging Markets | |||||
| Fidelity European Trust | |||||
| Fidelity Special Values | |||||
| Finsbury Growth & Income Trust | |||||
| FirstGroup | |||||
| Foresight Environmental Infrastructure | |||||
| Foresight Group | |||||
| Frasers Group | |||||
| Funding Circle | |||||
| Galliford Try | |||||
| Future | |||||
| Gamma Communications | |||||
| GB Group | |||||
| GCP Infrastructure Investments | |||||
| Genuit Group | |||||
| Genus | |||||
| Global Smaller Companies Trust | |||||
| Goodwin | |||||
| Grafton Group | |||||
| Grainger | |||||
| Great Portland Estates | |||||
| Greencoat UK Wind | |||||
| Greencore | |||||
| Greggs | |||||
| Hammerson | |||||
| Harbour Energy | |||||
| HarbourVest Global Private Equity | |||||
| Harworth Group | |||||
| Hays | |||||
| Helios Towers | |||||
| Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust | |||||
| Herald Investment Trust | |||||
| Hg Capital Trust | |||||
| HICL Infrastructure Company | |||||
| Hill & Smith | |||||
| Hilton Food Group | |||||
| Hochschild Mining | |||||
| Hollywood Bowl Group | |||||
| Hunting | |||||
| Ibstock | |||||
| ICG Enterprise Trust | |||||
| IG Group Holdings | |||||
| Impax Environmental Markets | |||||
| Inchcape | |||||
| IntegraFin Holdings | |||||
| International Personal Finance | |||||
| International Public Partnerships | |||||
| International Workplace Group | |||||
| Invesco Asia Dragon Trust | |||||
| Investec | |||||
| IP Group | |||||
| Ithaca Energy | |||||
| ITV | |||||
| Johnson Matthey | |||||
| Johnson Service Group | |||||
| JPMorgan American Investment Trust | |||||
| JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust | |||||
| JPMorgan European Discovery | |||||
| JPMorgan European Growth & Income | |||||
| JPMorgan Global Growth & Income | |||||
| JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust | |||||
| JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust | |||||
| JTC | |||||
| Jupiter Fund Management | |||||
| Just Group | |||||
| Kainos | |||||
| Keller Group | |||||
| Kier Group | |||||
| Lancashire Holdings | |||||
| Law Debenture | |||||
| Lion Finance Group | |||||
| Man Group | |||||
| Marshalls | |||||
| ME Group International | |||||
| Mercantile Investment Trust | |||||
| Merchants Trust | |||||
| Metro Bank | |||||
| Mitchells & Butlers | |||||
| Mitie | |||||
| Molten Ventures | |||||
| Monks Investment Trust | |||||
| MONY Group | |||||
| Moonpig | |||||
| Morgan Advanced Materials | |||||
| Morgan Sindall Group | |||||
| Murray Income Trust | |||||
| Murray International Trust | |||||
| NB Private Equity Partners | |||||
| NCC Group | |||||
| Ninety One | |||||
| North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust | |||||
| Oakley Capital Investments | |||||
| Ocado Group | |||||
| OSB Group | |||||
| Oxford Biomedica | |||||
| Oxford Instruments | |||||
| Oxford Nanopore Technologies | |||||
| Pacific Horizon Investment Trust | |||||
| PageGroup | |||||
| Pan African Resources | |||||
| Pantheon Infrastructure | |||||
| Pantheon International | |||||
| Paragon Banking Group | |||||
| Partners Group Private Equity | |||||
| Patria Private Equity Trust | |||||
| Pennon Group | |||||
| Personal Assets Trust | |||||
| Pets at Home | |||||
| Playtech | |||||
| Plus500 | |||||
| Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust | |||||
| Pollen Street Group | |||||
| PPHE Hotel Group | |||||
| Premier Foods | |||||
| Primary Health Properties | |||||
| Princes Group | |||||
| Qinetiq | |||||
| Quilter | |||||
| Rank Group | |||||
| Raspberry Pi Holdings | |||||
| Rathbones | |||||
| Renishaw | |||||
| RHI Magnesita | |||||
| RIT Capital Partners | |||||
| Rotork | |||||
| RS Group | |||||
| RTW Biotech Opportunities | |||||
| Ruffer Investment Company | |||||
| Safestore | |||||
| Saga | |||||
| Savills | |||||
| Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company | |||||
| Schroder AsiaPacific Fund | |||||
| Schroder Oriental Income Fund | |||||
| Scottish American Investment Company | |||||
| SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust | |||||
| Senior | |||||
| Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund | |||||
| Serco | |||||
| Shaftesbury Capital | |||||
| Shawbrook Bank | |||||
| Sirius Real Estate | |||||
| Smithson Investment Trust | |||||
| Softcat | |||||
| Spire Healthcare | |||||
| SSP Group | |||||
| Supermarket Income REIT | |||||
| Syncona | |||||
| Target Healthcare REIT | |||||
| Tate & Lyle | |||||
| Taylor Wimpey | |||||
| TBC Bank | |||||
| Telecom Plus | |||||
| Temple Bar Investment Trust | |||||
| Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust | |||||
| The Renewables Infrastructure Group | |||||
| THG | |||||
| TP ICAP | |||||
| Trainline | |||||
| Travis Perkins | |||||
| Tritax Big Box REIT | |||||
| TR Property Investment Trust | |||||
| Trustpilot | |||||
| Twentyfour Income Fund | |||||
| Unite Group | |||||
| Utilico Emerging Markets | |||||
| Vesuvius | |||||
| Victrex | |||||
| Vietnam Enterprise Investments | |||||
| VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund | |||||
| Vistry Group | |||||
| Volution Group | |||||
| W. A. G. Payment Solutions | |||||
| Watches of Switzerland | |||||
| Wetherspoon (J D) | |||||
| W H Smith | |||||
| Wickes | |||||
| Wizz Air | |||||
| Workspace Group | |||||
| Worldwide Healthcare Trust | |||||
| WPP | |||||
| XPS Pensions | |||||
| Zigup |
References
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