Market Summary: 29th July 2011
The FTSE All Share index, representing the performance of all 623 eligible companies listed on the London Stock Exchange has finished the week at 3,026.02, a decrease of 27.92 points on the day and 62.34 point lower than its 3,088.36 opening value at the start of the week.
So far this year the FTSE All Share index, which accounts for approximately 98% of the UK’s market capitalisation, has gone down 36.83 points from its’ opening price of 3062.85 at the start of trading on 4th January 2011.
The FTSE All-Share Index is considered to be the best performance measure of the overall London equity market. Over the last 52 weeks the FTSE All Share index has fluctuated between 2,620 and 3,171.