Celebrating 40 years of FTSE, The OGs and What to expect in 2024 

Since the inception of the London Stock Exchange’s benchmark index in 1984, the FTSE 100 has changed a lot. Only 14 members of the index are still trading under the same name or another similar one. Some of these include BP, Rio Tinto, and Shell. A dozen more companies have also joined the index under different names.

This year has been very volatile for London’s stock markets. Due to the combination of geopolitical tensions, high interest rates, and inflation, the volatility in the market has affected the performance of some of the city’s biggest companies. Despite the various factors that have affected the index, it is still expected to end the year at around the same level as it started.

A positive start to 2023 for the London Stock Exchange led to the benchmark index reaching a high of 8012.53 in February and a 5% gain in March. Then, in March, the market took a hit due to a global banking crisis. The blue-chip index lost over 7% of its value in ten days. Since then, the market has been continuously volatile due to different factors such as the conflict in Gaza and Ukraine and the tight monetary policy. 

The OG 100 FTSE Companies 

1. Allied-Lyons
2. Associated British Foods
3. Associated Dairies Group
4. Barclays Bank
5. Barratt Developments
6. Bass
7. BAT Industries
8. Beecham Group
9. Berisford (S. & W.)
10. BICC
11. Blue Circle Industries
12. BOC Group
13. Boots Co.
14. Bowater Corporation
15. BPB Industries
16. British & Commonwealth
17. British Aerospace
18. British Elect. Traction Co.
19. British Home Stores
20. British Petroleum
21. Britoil
22. BTR
23. Burton Group
24. Cable & Wireless
25. Cadbury Schweppes
26. Commercial Union Assurance
27. Consolidated Gold Fields
28. Courtaulds
29. Dalgety
30. Distillers Co.
31. Eagle Star
32. Edinburgh Investment Trust (LSE:EDIN)
33. English China Clays
34. Exco International
35. Ferranti
36. Fisons
37. General Accident Fire & Life
38. General Electric (NYSE:GE)
39. Glaxo Holdings
40. Globe Investment Trust
41. Grand Metropolitan
42. Great Universal Stores ‘A’
43. Guardian Royal Exchange
44. Guest Keen & Nettlefolds
45. Hambro Life Assurance
46. Hammerson Prop.Inv. & Dev. ‘A’
47. Hanson Trust
48. Harrisons & Crossfield
49. Hawker Siddeley Group
50. House of Fraser
51. Imperial Chemical Industries
52. Imperial Cont. Gas Association
53. Imperial Group
54. Johnson Matthey
55. Ladbroke Group
56. Land Securities
57. Legal & General Group
58. Lloyds Bank
59. Magnet & Southerns
60. Marks & Spencer
61. MEPC
62. MFI Furniture Group
63. Midland Bank
64. National Westminster Bank
65. Northern Foods
66. P & O Steam Navigation Co.
67. Pearson (S.) & Son
68. Pilkington Brothers
69. Plessey Co.
70. Prudential Corporation
71. RMC Group
72. Racal Electronics
73. Rank Organisation
74. Reckitt & Colman
75. Redland
76. Reed International
77. Rio Tinto – Zinc Corporation
78. Rowntree Mackintosh
79. Royal Bank of Scotland Group
80. Royal Insurance
81. Sainsbury (J.)
82. Scottish & Newcastle Breweries
83. Sears Holdings
84. Sedgwick Group
85. Shell Trans. & Trad. Co.
86. Smith & Nephew Associated Co’s.
87. Standard Chartered Bank
88. Standard Telephones & Cables
89. Sun Alliance & London Insurance
90. Sun Life Assurance Society
91. Tarmac
92. Tesco
93. THORN EMI
94. Trafalgar House
95. Trusthouse Forte
96. Ultramar
97. Unilever
98. United Biscuits
99. Whitbread & Co. ‘A’
100. Wimpey (George)