UK 500 2006 Companies ranked by sector

Market value and prices at 31 March 2006

UK UK Sector Rank Rank Market Turnover dividend Sector rank 2006 2005 Company Value £m £m Price £ PER yield (%) Year End Aerospace & defence 1 26 32 Bae Systems 13,548.60 11,019.00 4.20 24.20 2.70 31-Dec-05 2 42 61 Rolls-Royce Group 8,104.30 6,603.00 4.60 22.80 2.10 31-Dec-05 3 54 56 Smiths Group 5,550.90 3,016.80 9.80 25.00 3.30 31-Jul-05 4 129 132 Cobham 2,111.00 970.30 1.90 21.60 2.00 31-Dec-05 5 153 158 Meggitt 1,508.80 616.30 3.50 22.60 2.50 31-Dec-05 6 174 Qinetiq 1,270.20 872.40 2.00 31-Mar-05 7 239 247 VT Group 787.00 602.10 4.50 29.00 2.40 31-Mar-05 8 256 263 Ultra Electronics 715.90 342.40 10.70 24.40 1.70 31-Dec-05 9 348 Chemring 379.80 132.50 11.80 37.10 1.00 31-Oct-05 10 450 474 Umeco 227.90 242.40 4.90 31.50 3.00 31-Mar-05 11 474 Aero Inventory 195.40 43.60 4.10 13.10 2.70 30-Jun-05 Automobiles & parts 1 115 116 GKN 2,378.20 3,648.00 3.30 31-Dec-05 Banks 1 3 2 HSBC 109,720.80 9.70 12.40 4.80 31-Dec-05 2 6 5 Royal Bank of Scotland 59,637.10 18.70 11.10 4.30 31-Dec-05 3 8 7 Barclays 43,714.50 6.70 12.40 4.40 31-Dec-05 4 9 9 HBOS 36,709.10 9.60 11.70 4.20 31-Dec-05 5 12 10 Lloyds TSB 30,842.40 5.50 12.30 6.90 31-Dec-05 6 19 22 Standard Chartered 18,682.30 14.30 16.80 2.80 31-Dec-05 7 55 66 Alliance & Leicester 5,545.50 12.40 14.20 4.60 31-Dec-05 8 63 71 Northern Rock 4,987.00 11.80 16.30 2.80 31-Dec-05 9 93 112 Bradford & Bingley 3,167.40 5.00 16.60 4.10 31-Dec-05 Beverages 1 16 12 Diageo 25,723.30 9,036.00 9.10 19.60 3.60 30-Jun-05 2 21 29 SABMiller 17,012.00 7,393.50 11.40 21.10 2.10 31-Mar-05 3 67 65 Scottish & Newcastle 4,651.20 3,260.00 5.20 18.80 4.50 31-Dec-05 4 318 Britvic 472.00 698.20 2.20 02-Oct-05 5 479 428 Barr (AG) 190.70 128.80 9.80 15.10 3.60 28-Jan-06 Chemicals 1 43 53 Boc Group 7,937.50 3,754.70 15.50 20.90 2.70 30-Sep-05 2 73 74 ICI 4,123.20 5,812.00 3.50 10.50 2.50 31-Dec-05 3 98 103 Johnson Matthey 3,069.30 4,638.50 14.00 34.40 2.20 31-Mar-05 4 278 258 Croda International 611.60 305.60 4.90 19.30 3.00 31-Dec-05 5 283 320 Victrex 600.90 101.60 7.40 25.20 1.80 30-Sep-05 6 335 296 Yule Catto 414.90 556.10 2.90 19.00 3.50 31-Dec-05 7 353 397 Elementis 374.10 399.40 0.90 31-Dec-05 8 481 442 Delta 189.50 242.00 1.20 3.50 3.10 31-Dec-05 Construction & materials 1 57 69 Hanson 5,417.60 3,715.70 7.50 14.20 2.90 31-Dec-05 2 128 134 Pilkington 2,139.00 2,394.00 1.60 20.80 3.50 31-Mar-05 3 148 145 Balfour Beatty 1,563.00 3,837.00 3.70 14.90 2.40 31-Dec-05 4 200 255 Carillion 987.40 2,025.50 3.50 18.80 2.50 31-Dec-05 5 282 345 Kier Group 602.50 1,573.00 16.80 15.70 1.50 30-Jun-05 6 297 356 Morgan Sindall 535.50 1,296.70 12.70 17.90 2.20 31-Dec-05 7 309 283 Marshalls 493.70 359.30 3.50 8.50 3.90 31-Dec-05 8 373 Galliford Try 333.90 718.50 1.20 14.50 1.90 30-Jun-05 9 389 418 Keller 300.70 731.00 4.60 11.00 2.90 31-Dec-05 10 427 Steppe Cement 256.50 2.30 31-Dec-04 11 467 461 Costain Group 208.10 678.10 0.60 8.70 31-Dec-05 12 480 494 Gleeson (MJ) 189.60 589.90 3.70 2.40 30-Jun-05 13 487 Boot (Henry) 186.70 84.20 6.90 16.20 2.70 31-Dec-04 14 497 491 James Halstead 180.90 112.40 3.60 6.20 30-Jun-05 Electricity 1 31 33 Scottish Power 10,881.30 6,848.80 5.80 4.30 31-Mar-05 2 34 34 Scottish & Southern Ener 9,737.80 7,424.60 11.30 17.90 4.20 31-Mar-05 3 72 86 International Power 4,169.40 1,933.00 2.80 14.60 1.80 31-Dec-05 4 85 131 British Energy Group 3,703.90 482.00 6.50 0.00 31-Mar-05 5 94 Drax Group 3,145.60 928.60 7.70 7.90 31-Dec-05 6 181 173 Viridian 1,201.80 943.70 9.80 19.30 4.00 31-Mar-05 7 375 Clipper Windpower 325.50 6.00 3.40 31-Dec-04 Electronic & electrical equipment 1 169 186 Invensys 1,308.00 2,923.00 0.20 31-Mar-05 2 218 249 Laird Group 881.10 490.30 4.50 28.10 2.40 31-Dec-05 3 231 226 Spectris 835.50 655.90 6.70 23.30 2.60 31-Dec-05 4 260 244 Morgan Crucible 697.60 745.70 2.40 13.10 1.20 04-Jan-06 5 271 252 Renishaw 652.20 154.10 9.00 26.10 2.50 30-Jun-05 6 392 362 Domino Printing Sciences 297.40 192.00 2.70 15.80 2.30 31-Oct-05 7 399 429 Raymarine 285.60 121.90 3.50 34.20 2.30 31-Dec-05 8 417 341 TT Electronics 267.00 565.30 1.70 20.50 6.50 31-Dec-05 9 418 473 Chloride 265.60 165.00 1.10 1.90 31-Mar-05 10 473 ITM Power 200.30 2.20 30-Apr-05 Equity investment instruments 1 126 118 Foreign & Colonial 2,193.90 2.70 49.20 1.70 31-Dec-05 2 196 207 SVG Capital 1,053.90 8.20 72.60 0.40 31-Dec-05 3 298 286 Electra Private Equity 531.00 13.00 28.90 30-Sep-05 4 322 317 Candover Investments 465.60 21.30 40.00 2.30 31-Dec-05 5 380 376 Graphite Enterprise Trust 316.20 3.70 2.40 31-Dec-05 6 409 Standard Life European P 275.30 1.70 74.60 1.00 30-Sep-05 7 463 Pantheon International 210.40 8.00 Fixed line telecommunications 1 20 17 BT Group 18,526.60 18,623.00 2.20 10.40 5.20 31-Mar-05 2 111 76 Cable & Wireless 2,553.00 3,222.00 1.10 8.40 3.90 31-Mar-05 3 191 200 Colt Telecom 1,108.40 1,245.50 0.70 31-Dec-05 4 358 475 Vanco 364.70 104.00 6.00 50.50 31-Jan-05 5 360 441 Pipex Communications 361.60 102.30 0.20 31-Dec-04 6 385 311 Kingston Communications 307.60 366.50 0.60 19.70 1.70 31-Mar-05 7 396 423 Thus Group 292.40 360.00 1.60 31-Mar-05 Food & drug retailers 1 15 11 Tesco 25,930.50 33,974.00 3.30 18.60 2.50 26-Feb-05 2 52 55 Sainsbury (J) 5,659.10 15,409.00 3.30 2.60 26-Mar-05 3 61 49 Morrison (Wm) Supermar 5,051.90 12,114.80 1.90 2.20 29-Jan-06 4 92 83 Alliance Unichem 3,241.00 9,171.20 9.00 15.20 2.50 31-Dec-05 5 320 242 Greggs 470.70 533.40 38.60 13.70 3.10 31-Dec-05 6 460 456 Majestic Wine 216.10 162.50 3.30 24.50 1.80 28-Mar-05 Food producers 1 22 18 Unilever 16,997.20 27,576.80 5.90 14.60 2.70 31-Dec-05 2 28 26 Cadbury Schweppes 11,919.90 6,508.00 5.70 15.30 2.50 01-Jan-06 3 46 44 Associated British Foods 6,713.40 5,622.00 8.50 20.10 2.40 17-Sep-05 4 106 88 Tate & Lyle 2,785.00 3,001.00 5.70 19.20 3.80 31-Mar-05 5 204 RHM 942.80 1,642.30 2.70 30-Apr-05 6 249 208 Premier Foods 745.70 789.70 3.00 9.00 5.20 31-Dec-05 7 286 237 Dairy Crest 596.20 1,260.60 4.80 12.50 4.70 31-Mar-05 8 314 201 Northern Foods 479.40 1,448.80 1.00 10.30 02-Apr-05 9 343 303 Arla Foods 397.40 1,374.10 0.70 34.20 2.40 30-Sep-05 10 403 385 Cranswick 282.00 318.50 6.30 20.80 2.60 31-Mar-05 11 454 407 Robert Wiseman Dairies 225.20 489.20 3.10 11.30 2.80 02-Apr-05 12 468 401 Devro 204.90 152.50 1.30 11.00 3.80 31-Dec-05 Gas, water & multiutilities 1 24 19 National Grid 15,539.90 8,521.00 5.70 19.40 4.60 31-Mar-05 2 32 31 Centrica 10,178.60 13,448.00 2.80 10.30 4.10 31-Dec-05 3 50 70 United Utilities 6,023.20 2,253.90 6.90 14.70 7.30 31-Mar-05 4 82 75 Severn Trent 3,885.00 2,081.20 11.20 27.70 4.80 31-Mar-05 5 101 98 Kelda Group 2,894.20 763.00 7.90 16.80 4.10 31-Mar-05 6 145 150 AWG 1,609.50 1,690.10 11.40 32.50 4.70 31-Mar-05 7 146 147 Pennon 1,590.50 554.20 13.40 24.60 3.60 31-Mar-05 8 175 182 Northumbrian Water 1,238.20 578.60 2.40 12.50 4.70 31-Mar-05 General financial 1 44 60 Man Group 7,558.00 24.70 21.40 1.70 31-Mar-05 2 60 64 3I Group 5,186.50 9.40 6.20 5.90 31-Mar-06 3 69 84 Amvescap 4,404.50 5.40 34.70 2.00 31-Dec-05 4 89 106 Schroders 3,448.70 11.90 18.10 2.00 31-Dec-05 5 108 126 Icap 2,718.50 4.50 31.70 2.00 31-Mar-05 6 109 153 London Stock Exchange 2,705.80 10.60 45.70 6.50 31-Mar-05 7 124 152 Investec 2,195.00 29.40 36.10 2.50 31-Mar-05 8 139 117 Provident Financial 1,805.00 7.10 5.60 31-Dec-05 9 149 161 Close Brothers 1,548.90 10.70 22.60 3.00 31-Jul-05 10 151 190 Collins Stewart Tullett 1,544.80 7.30 24.80 31-Dec-05 11 170 New Star Asset Managem 1,304.70 4.20 31-Dec-04 12 180 163 Cattles 1,211.10 3.70 15.00 4.70 31-Dec-05 13 182 353 Aberdeen Asset Managem 1,188.30 1.90 1.80 30-Sep-05 14 189 166 F&C Asset Management 1,113.90 2.30 5.30 31-Dec-05 15 197 203 Intermediate Capital 991.80 14.30 16.00 3.10 31-Jan-05 16 198 127 Henderson 990.00 0.90 26.80 31-Dec-05 17 205 222 Guinness Peat 942.20 1.00 9.60 1.20 31-Dec-05 18 217 204 Neteller 881.60 7.30 16.80 31-Dec-05 19 221 265 Paragon 877.20 7.40 13.80 1.90 30-Sep-05 20 254 IG Group 717.20 2.20 31-May-05 21 276 343 Kensington Group 620.10 11.90 16.40 2.00 30-Nov-05 22 303 390 Helphire Group 511.00 3.80 25.60 1.80 31-Mar-05 23 307 Queen's Walk Investment 503.70 0.10 135.00 31-Dec-05 24 312 328 Rathbone Brothers 484.90 11.80 19.50 2.80 31-Dec-05 25 345 287 Evolution 385.50 1.70 6.40 0.50 31-Dec-05 26 355 389 Brewin Dolphin 370.40 1.90 45.60 2.70 30-Sep-05 27 364 417 Numis 355.00 3.40 10.70 1.00 30-Sep-05 28 369 Rensburg Sheppards 348.60 8.10 30.80 2.50 30-Nov-04 29 377 391 Rab Capital 324.90 0.80 16.20 1.20 31-Dec-05 30 382 349 IP2IPO Group 309.70 6.80 53.70 31-Dec-05 31 408 462 Accident Exchange 277.20 4.30 59.00 0.40 30-Apr-05 32 426 Trading Emissions 257.50 1.90 33 444 427 Camellia 230.60 81.10 62.20 1.20 31-Dec-04 34 446 Ecosecurities 230.40 2.50 0.00 31-Dec-05 35 456 Crosby Capital Partners 220.80 0.90 26.80 31-Dec-04 General industrials 1 97 87 Rexam 3,084.00 3,237.00 5.60 13.80 3.60 31-Dec-05 2 102 109 Tomkins 2,869.50 3,182.40 3.40 13.50 4.40 31-Dec-05 3 201 197 Cookson 984.10 1,634.60 5.20 1.10 31-Dec-05 4 258 233 Smith (DS) 705.10 1,624.90 1.80 17.90 5.20 30-Apr-05 5 438 386 RPC 242.70 513.30 2.50 18.10 3.20 31-Mar-05 General retailers 1 35 47 Marks & Spencer 9,285.60 7,942.30 5.60 19.10 2.40 02-Apr-05 2 36 30 GUS 9,258.70 7,787.00 10.60 24.90 3.10 31-Mar-05 3 53 38 Kingfisher 5,635.40 8,010.10 2.40 39.90 4.90 28-Jan-06 4 77 63 Next 4,035.10 3,106.20 16.50 13.00 3.00 28-Jan-06 5 88 59 Boots Group 3,494.70 5,469.10 7.20 17.60 4.60 31-Mar-05 6 91 80 DSG International 3,368.60 6,982.70 1.80 14.60 4.80 30-Apr-05 7 107 137 Carphone Warehouse 2,742.00 2,355.10 3.10 55.30 0.60 02-Apr-05 8 131 130 Inchcape 2,038.00 4,488.10 26.10 16.10 2.40 31-Dec-05 9 137 113 Signet Group 1,904.30 1,614.40 1.10 13.40 3.00 29-Jan-05 10 142 128 Kesa Electricals 1,652.20 4,100.00 3.10 17.40 4.30 31-Jan-06 11 225 290 Pendragon 852.80 3,284.50 6.50 18.70 31-Dec-05 12 238 214 Carpetright 791.10 462.50 11.70 15.50 4.50 30-Apr-05 13 240 175 Matalan 783.90 1,167.90 1.90 26.60 5.20 26-Feb-05 14 243 215 Halfords Group 770.70 628.40 3.40 18.30 3.90 01-Apr-05 15 248 224 Smith (WH) 747.30 2,508.00 4.10 15.90 3.70 31-Aug-05 16 263 172 HMV 685.20 1,885.60 1.70 7.10 4.40 30-Apr-05 17 266 254 Monsoon 673.70 363.70 3.80 19.60 28-May-05 18 267 206 MFI 668.40 1,514.60 1.10 59.60 4.10 25-Dec-04 19 272 285 Body Shop International 644.80 419.00 3.00 22.60 2.10 26-Feb-05 20 273 309 Brown (N) 641.00 460.30 2.20 41.90 3.00 26-Feb-05 21 305 195 Woolworths 509.80 2,630.70 0.40 50.00 5.60 28-Jan-06 22 308 284 Topps Tiles 502.60 173.30 2.20 16.60 4.50 01-Oct-05 23 316 288 Findel 474.60 458.10 5.60 16.20 3.30 31-Mar-05 24 331 262 JJB Sports 425.20 773.30 1.80 12.80 6.00 30-Jan-05 25 352 370 Dignity 374.80 143.20 4.70 20.50 30-Dec-05 26 370 Homestyle 339.40 465.00 1.30 30-Apr-05 27 388 375 Wyevale Garden Centres 300.80 192.50 5.40 34.60 2.90 02-Jan-05 28 407 378 House of Fraser 278.30 709.10 1.20 15.00 5.20 28-Jan-06 29 411 348 Game Group 273.70 576.60 0.80 17.30 3.00 31-Jan-05 30 425 Lookers 260.60 1,231.60 7.30 22.20 2.30 31-Dec-05 31 435 European Motor 247.60 528.80 4.50 11.90 2.30 28-Feb-05 32 445 410 Blacks Leisure 230.60 295.00 5.50 19.40 2.00 28-Feb-05 33 448 414 Mothercare 228.70 457.20 3.10 19.40 2.80 26-Mar-05 34 458 366 French Connection 217.60 246.30 2.30 22.40 2.40 31-Jan-06 35 462 396 Ted Baker 211.60 117.80 5.00 16.50 2.70 28-Jan-06 36 485 QXL Ricardo 187.40 7.20 106.60 31-Mar-05 37 500 SCS Upholstery 178.60 158.30 5.30 13.90 3.50 30-Sep-05 Healthcare equipment & services 1 66 58 Smith & Nephew 4,806.90 1,407.00 5.10 25.70 1.20 31-Dec-05 2 293 398 Gyrus 560.50 78.10 3.90 53.60 31-Dec-03 3 346 340 Whatman 385.40 82.80 3.00 1.70 31-Dec-04 4 441 405 Care UK 236.40 156.70 4.60 30.00 0.80 30-Sep-05 5 484 Optos 187.50 27.70 2.80 30-Sep-05 6 490 413 Huntleigh Technology 185.50 199.70 3.50 20.00 2.40 31-Dec-05 Household goods 1 25 23 Reckitt Benckiser 14,586.50 4,179.00 20.30 22.00 2.10 31-Dec-05 2 81 101 Persimmon 3,911.00 2,285.70 13.30 11.20 2.60 31-Dec-05 3 110 129 Barratt Developments 2,563.20 2,512.70 10.60 8.60 2.80 30-Jun-05 4 118 119 Taylor Woodrow 2,322.10 3,476.90 4.00 8.00 3.70 31-Dec-05 5 122 124 Wimpey (George) 2,221.30 3,003.20 5.60 8.70 3.50 31-Dec-05 6 152 165 Wilson Bowden 1,532.70 1,230.80 15.90 10.00 3.20 31-Dec-05 7 158 177 Berkeley 1,431.70 1,070.30 11.90 9.80 30-Apr-05 8 164 176 Bellway 1,384.00 1,178.10 12.40 9.20 2.80 31-Jul-05 9 194 193 Bovis Homes 1,071.30 521.20 9.00 13.00 3.10 31-Dec-05 10 215 225 Redrow 884.70 780.40 5.50 8.90 2.20 30-Jun-05 11 233 217 Mccarthy & Stone 822.20 325.60 8.00 9.10 2.70 31-Aug-05 12 289 257 Crest Nicholson 585.90 701.70 5.20 11.10 2.80 31-Oct-05 13 306 291 Aga Foodservice 504.10 501.80 3.90 14.80 2.60 31-Dec-05 14 334 305 Headlam 421.70 464.80 4.90 15.80 3.70 31-Dec-04 15 393 374 McBride 294.10 537.10 1.70 14.30 3.20 30-Jun-05 Industrial engineering 1 136 136 IMI 1,932.20 1,341.00 5.70 31-Dec-05 2 177 289 Charter 1,224.90 1,065.70 7.40 15.70 31-Dec-05 3 212 221 Weir Group 897.80 789.40 4.40 34.70 3.40 30-Dec-05 4 214 245 Bodycote International 886.50 470.90 2.80 21.70 2.60 31-Dec-05 5 251 251 Spirax-Sarco 739.90 349.10 9.60 19.20 2.80 31-Dec-05 6 253 229 FKI 734.50 1,290.50 1.30 4.00 31-Mar-05 7 262 234 Halma 693.00 299.10 1.90 23.60 3.80 02-Apr-05 8 281 277 Enodis 606.80 665.40 1.50 1.00 01-Oct-05 9 285 294 Rotork 597.70 174.80 7.00 24.30 31-Dec-05 10 333 Melrose 424.30 269.90 1.70 2.00 31-Dec-05 11 379 471 Fenner 317.90 313.00 2.00 38.40 3.20 31-Aug-05 12 394 Foseco 293.50 376.80 1.70 23.10 2.90 31-Dec-05 13 453 Severfield-Rowen 225.20 204.30 11.10 26.80 2.30 31-Dec-04 14 455 492 Senior 225.20 338.60 0.70 15.00 3.20 31-Dec-05 15 470 493 Vitec 204.10 194.90 5.00 20.80 3.50 31-Dec-05 Industrial metals 1 80 94 Corus Group 3,912.60 10,140.00 0.90 8.70 1.90 31-Dec-05 Industrial transportation 1 39 41 BAA 8,956.20 2,115.00 8.30 16.30 2.80 31-Mar-05 2 127 135 Associated British Ports 2,182.80 434.90 7.20 22.10 2.60 31-Dec-05 3 165 141 BBA Group 1,366.10 1,510.80 2.80 24.70 4.70 31-Dec-05 4 230 228 Forth Ports 845.80 151.50 18.60 19.00 2.60 31-Dec-05 5 235 238 Northgate 800.50 458.30 11.40 19.00 1.80 30-Apr-05 6 265 302 Eurotunnel 674.70 538.10 0.30 31-Dec-04 7 347 338 Wincanton 380.80 1,725.90 3.20 17.50 3.90 31-Mar-05 8 406 326 DX Services 279.40 131.10 3.30 22.90 4.20 30-Jun-05 9 423 459 Fisher (James) 261.50 91.40 5.30 1.90 31-Dec-05 10 465 314 Business Post Group 208.70 233.30 3.80 14.90 5.60 31-Mar-05 11 489 426 TDG 185.80 510.50 2.30 19.70 6.70 31-Dec-05 Leisure goods 1 363 300 Photo-Me International 357.30 236.00 1.00 16.40 2.30 30-Apr-05 Life insurance 1 18 21 Aviva 19,158.10 8.00 10.90 3.80 31-Dec-05 2 23 24 Prudential 16,167.30 6.70 21.10 2.70 31-Dec-05 3 30 51 Old Mutual 11,038.90 2.00 8.00 3.00 31-Dec-05 4 37 36 Legal & General 9,238.50 1.40 9.90 4.10 31-Dec-05 5 68 68 Friends Provident 4,408.30 2.10 33.10 4.10 31-Dec-05 6 112 180 Resolution 2,422.20 6.70 29.90 3.00 31-Dec-04 7 155 168 St.James's Place Capital 1,468.00 3.30 30.40 1.10 31-Dec-05 8 477 Chesnara 191.40 1.80 28.90 7.20 31-Dec-04 Media 1 33 27 British Sky Broadcasting 9,762.80 4,048.00 5.40 24.30 1.90 30-Jun-05 2 40 35 WPP Group 8,594.20 26,673.70 6.90 22.80 1.50 31-Dec-05 3 45 37 Reed Elsevier 7,007.30 5.50 29.70 2.90 31-Dec-05 4 48 52 Pearson 6,418.40 4,096.00 8.00 10.20 3.80 31-Dec-05 5 58 46 Reuters Group 5,338.60 2,409.00 4.00 12.20 2.80 31-Dec-05 6 64 48 ITV 4,924.80 2,177.00 1.20 22.10 2.90 31-Dec-05 7 83 72 Yell Group 3,844.90 1,285.30 5.40 40.60 2.60 31-Mar-05 8 105 78 Daily Mail 2,801.90 2,137.70 6.90 27.90 1.90 02-Oct-05 9 119 105 EMAP 2,281.20 1,068.00 8.80 40.80 3.10 31-Mar-05 10 132 146 Informa 2,028.40 729.30 4.80 2.00 31-Dec-05 11 134 114 EMI Group 2,000.90 1,942.80 2.50 35.10 3.50 31-Mar-05 12 135 120 United Business Media 1,999.00 675.80 7.30 4.60 15.90 31-Dec-05 13 143 107 Trinity Mirror 1,643.20 1,122.00 5.70 11.30 4.30 01-Jan-06 14 150 156 Aegis 1,546.10 8,079.10 1.40 24.40 1.30 31-Dec-05 15 162 133 Johnston Press 1,393.90 520.20 4.90 12.90 1.90 31-Dec-05 16 187 174 Taylor Nelson Sofres 1,132.50 999.00 2.50 21.40 1.80 31-Dec-05 17 313 Rightmove 483.30 18.20 3.80 31-Dec-05 18 317 292 Euromoney Institutional In 474.20 196.30 5.40 19.20 3.30 30-Sep-05 19 332 Empire Online 424.50 37.40 1.50 31-Dec-04 20 349 318 Gcap Media 377.50 58.50 2.30 2.90 31-Mar-05 21 351 367 ITE Group 375.20 78.50 1.30 22.80 2.40 30-Sep-05 22 366 Rambler Media 351.90 7.20 0.20 31-Dec-04 23 410 321 SMG 274.20 210.00 0.90 19.00 3.70 31-Dec-05 24 421 Datamonitor 262.90 55.60 3.70 35.30 2.00 31-Dec-05 25 430 388 Bloomsbury Publishing 251.80 84.40 3.50 20.40 1.00 31-Dec-04 26 432 355 Chrysalis 250.10 155.20 1.50 0.90 31-Aug-05 27 440 369 Ulster T V 240.00 92.70 4.40 16.70 3.20 31-Dec-05 28 491 463 International Greetings 184.70 143.70 4.00 17.90 2.10 31-Mar-05 29 498 Monstermob 180.00 21.10 3.60 41.20 31-Dec-04 Mining 1 10 14 Anglo American 33,824.40 16,868.60 22.20 15.90 2.30 31-Dec-05 2 11 15 Rio Tinto 30,976.60 10,907.80 29.20 13.30 4.10 31-Dec-05 3 14 16 BHP Billiton 25,952.60 16,956.30 10.50 17.60 1.70 30-Jun-05 4 29 40 Xstrata 11,783.50 4,613.30 18.60 11.70 0.90 31-Dec-05 5 62 Kazakhmys 5,039.40 1,488.60 10.80 3.70 31-Dec-05 6 71 91 Antofagasta 4,213.50 1,401.40 21.40 10.10 3.30 31-Dec-05 7 76 143 Vedanta Resources 4,043.50 1,079.80 14.10 58.70 0.80 31-Mar-05 8 84 140 Lonmin 3,788.90 646.50 26.60 40.40 1.70 30-Sep-05 9 193 271 Peter Hambro Mining 1,075.40 35.60 13.60 31-Dec-04 10 257 304 Randgold Resources 715.20 86.80 10.50 29.50 31-Dec-05 11 287 Central African Mining 593.70 0.80 0.60 31-Mar-05 12 328 350 Highland Gold Mining 429.10 47.00 2.70 0.40 31-Dec-04 13 437 354 Asia Energy 246.50 5.10 30-Jun-05 14 442 435 UK Coal 234.60 341.20 1.60 31-Dec-05 15 451 481 Oxus Gold 226.40 2.10 0.80 30-Jun-05 16 472 Avocet Mining 202.50 40.70 1.90 29.40 31-Mar-05 17 493 African Platinum 182.70 0.40 31-Mar-05 Mobile telecommunications 1 5 3 Vodafone Group 72,452.80 34,133.00 1.20 3.80 31-Mar-05 2 140 Inmarsat 1,776.50 281.40 3.90 39.90 2.70 31-Dec-05 3 202 246 Virgin Mobile 975.30 521.30 3.80 27.30 1.40 31-Mar-05 Nonlife insurance 1 75 96 Royal & Sun Alliance 4,043.70 1.40 7.30 31-Dec-05 2 144 184 Admiral 1,631.90 6.30 19.20 4.40 31-Dec-05 3 154 216 Amlin 1,474.50 2.80 8.30 4.10 31-Dec-05 4 203 194 Brit Insurance 954.70 1.00 19.70 6.90 31-Dec-05 5 208 273 Hiscox 932.10 2.40 15.20 3.30 31-Dec-05 6 219 Benfield Group 880.60 3.80 24.30 2.80 31-Dec-05 7 242 243 Catlin Group 772.30 4.70 63.40 3.70 31-Dec-05 8 245 191 Jardine Lloyd Thompson 765.30 484.40 3.60 15.10 6.30 31-Dec-05 9 274 Lancashire Holdings 623.40 3.20 31-Dec-05 10 299 276 Wellington Underwriting 521.30 1.10 4.10 31-Dec-05 11 330 344 Beazley 425.50 1.20 38.10 3.80 31-Dec-05 12 371 337 Domestic & General 338.90 9.40 16.40 3.20 31-Mar-05 13 412 449 Kiln 273.20 0.90 34.20 3.60 31-Dec-05 14 449 470 Chaucer Holdings 228.50 0.80 19.70 4.40 31-Dec-05 Oil & gas producers 1 1 1 BP 134,454.80 142,968.10 6.60 10.90 3.40 31-Dec-05 2 2 6 Royal Dutch Shell 121,671.90 175,787.20 18.00 8.30 31-Dec-05 3 17 20 BG Group 25,338.60 5,424.00 7.20 16.70 0.90 31-Dec-05 4 90 115 Cairn Energy 3,394.20 150.50 21.30 73.60 31-Dec-05 5 125 162 Tullow Oil 2,194.00 445.20 3.40 19.40 1.20 31-Dec-05 6 161 312 Sibir Energy 1,400.00 168.10 4.70 31-Dec-04 7 167 211 Burren Energy 1,333.70 223.70 9.50 10.50 0.80 31-Dec-05 8 224 282 Dana Petroleum 861.60 165.60 10.10 12.60 31-Dec-05 9 228 336 Venture Production 850.00 81.50 6.80 31-Dec-04 10 236 323 Soco International 800.10 32.80 11.00 65.60 31-Dec-05 11 244 274 Premier Oil 768.30 206.00 9.40 34.90 31-Dec-05 12 284 Equator Exploration 600.50 0.20 3.40 31-Dec-04 13 315 412 JKX Oil & Gas 476.80 47.50 3.10 21.60 0.30 31-Dec-05 14 367 382 Sterling Energy 350.50 11.50 0.30 73.50 31-Dec-04 15 368 Max Petroleum 349.40 1.20 16 374 Urals Energy 326.40 4.20 3.80 0.00 31-Dec-04 17 378 White Nile 321.80 1.00 18 395 394 Melrose Resources 293.00 32.30 3.70 33.10 31-Dec-04 19 413 Imperial Energy 271.40 6.90 31-Dec-04 20 419 Star Energy 265.50 17.10 3.30 31-Dec-04 21 428 Victoria Oil & Gas 256.10 2.20 31-May-05 Oil equipment & services 1 171 205 Wood (John) 1,303.60 1,582.80 2.50 26.00 1.00 31-Dec-05 2 190 Petrofac 1,112.30 851.30 3.20 22.90 31-Dec-05 3 294 301 Abbot 558.50 377.00 3.00 63.80 1.80 31-Dec-05 4 296 357 Expro International 543.00 211.30 7.40 1.60 31-Mar-05 5 304 387 Hunting 510.60 1,521.90 3.90 18.60 1.70 31-Dec-05 Personal goods 1 130 110 Burberry Group 2,088.30 715.50 4.60 20.90 1.60 31-Mar-05 2 279 270 PZ Cussons 610.50 480.10 14.20 20.30 2.80 31-May-05 3 280 239 SSL International 609.90 458.80 3.20 32.20 2.10 31-Mar-05 4 443 438 Umbro 232.70 123.00 1.60 10.60 31-Dec-05 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology 1 4 4 Glaxosmithkline 87,547.20 21,660.00 15.10 18.20 3.20 31-Dec-05 2 7 8 AstraZeneca 45,775.50 13,725.70 29.00 17.40 2.90 31-Dec-05 3 70 77 Shire 4,382.50 916.60 8.80 0.40 31-Dec-05 4 268 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 666.80 150.30 4.00 23.30 0.10 31-Dec-05 5 337 319 Cambridge Antibody Tech 410.30 194.00 7.80 30-Sep-05 6 387 483 BTG 303.30 38.30 2.10 31-Mar-05 7 391 424 Alizyme 297.70 1.70 31-Dec-05 8 398 324 Skyepharma 286.40 62.20 0.40 31-Dec-04 9 416 Genus 267.80 183.20 4.90 27.60 1.70 31-Mar-05 10 429 496 Vernalis 253.80 14.10 0.80 31-Dec-05 11 447 Protherics 230.40 18.80 0.90 31-Mar-05 12 464 380 Acambis 209.10 40.90 1.90 31-Dec-05 13 466 Prostrakan Group 208.30 31.60 1.10 31-Dec-05 14 499 Axis-Shield 179.60 58.20 3.70 31-Dec-05 Real estate 1 38 43 Land Securities 9,042.40 19.30 2.50 31-Mar-05 2 47 62 British Land 6,441.80 12.40 1.40 31-Mar-05 3 79 73 Liberty International 3,975.60 11.80 10.30 2.70 31-Dec-05 4 87 95 Hammerson 3,533.80 12.40 6.30 1.80 31-Dec-05 5 104 108 Slough Estates 2,821.60 6.70 7.30 2.90 31-Dec-05 6 168 181 Brixton 1,324.10 4.90 5.70 2.70 31-Dec-05 7 206 218 London Merchant Securit 940.00 2.90 2.50 31-Mar-05 8 209 Mapeley 929.00 35.00 1.20 31-Dec-05 9 216 236 Countrywide 883.40 5.00 32.40 0.90 31-Dec-05 10 220 212 Quintain Estates & Develo 879.00 6.80 66.00 1.60 31-Mar-05 11 223 235 Derwent Valley 865.20 16.20 7.40 0.90 31-Dec-05 12 232 308 Savills 832.20 12.50 18.70 2.10 31-Dec-05 13 234 275 Capital & Regional 817.20 11.50 1.70 30-Dec-05 14 237 253 Great Portland Estate 796.10 4.90 34.30 2.40 31-Mar-05 15 246 259 Grainger Trust 765.00 5.90 27.80 1.00 30-Sep-05 16 259 272 Shaftesbury 698.60 5.30 59.00 1.10 30-Sep-05 17 261 268 Daejan Holdings 694.60 42.60 31.90 1.60 31-Mar-05 18 277 281 St Modwen Properities 616.00 5.10 17.80 1.90 30-Nov-05 19 291 295 Workspace 574.20 3.40 54.60 1.10 31-Mar-05 20 292 Dawnay Day Treveria 561.10 0.00 21 295 330 Unite 549.50 4.50 15.70 0.60 31-Dec-05 22 300 293 Minerva 518.80 3.20 1.10 30-Jun-05 23 321 310 CLS Holdngs 466.60 5.80 8.60 31-Dec-05 24 340 359 Warner Estate 406.10 7.60 21.10 2.70 31-Mar-05 25 341 Songbird Estates 401.50 2.30 31-Dec-05 26 350 406 Big Yellow Group 376.80 3.70 0.60 31-Mar-05 27 354 404 Helical Bar 372.00 4.00 3.40 5.00 31-Mar-05 28 365 DTZ Holdings 353.50 6.60 32.80 1.30 30-Apr-05 29 401 XXI Century Investments 284.80 8.00 30 402 440 Town Centre Securities 282.40 5.10 32.10 1.80 30-Jun-05 31 414 392 Mucklow A & J 269.20 4.50 3.20 30-Jun-05 32 457 434 Development Secs. 218.30 6.00 11.00 1.20 31-Dec-05 33 469 Wichford 204.40 2.10 34 486 433 Mountview Estates 187.20 48.00 10.90 2.90 31-Mar-05 35 494 Marylebone Warwick Balf 182.20 1.70 30-Jun-05 Software & computer services 1 86 89 Sage Group 3,537.50 776.60 2.80 24.60 1.20 30-Sep-05 2 121 144 LogicaCmg 2,243.80 1,834.10 2.00 26.50 3.20 31-Dec-05 3 185 154 Misys 1,140.30 888.40 2.20 77.40 3.40 31-May-05 4 222 415 Autonomy 874.50 55.00 4.90 31-Dec-05 5 252 279 Dimension Data 735.50 1,563.30 0.50 73.20 30-Sep-05 6 311 241 Computacenter 485.40 2,285.20 2.60 23.40 0.30 31-Dec-05 7 326 325 Northgate Information So 430.20 205.70 0.80 30-Apr-05 8 356 Sci Entertainment 366.10 15.40 5.00 30-Jun-05 9 372 196 Isoft Group 336.50 262.00 1.50 13.20 1.90 30-Apr-05 10 376 332 Xansa 325.10 376.40 0.90 35.80 3.80 30-Apr-05 11 384 160 Telent 309.30 1,337.00 5.00 49.00 31-Mar-05 12 386 399 Torex Retail 303.60 167.40 0.90 31-Dec-05 13 397 419 Royalblue 290.50 74.20 8.90 28.10 1.30 31-Dec-05 14 404 447 Detica 280.50 71.00 12.60 39.10 0.60 31-Mar-05 15 405 402 Anite 279.70 189.40 0.80 30-Apr-05 16 439 477 Aveva 240.40 57.50 10.90 0.60 31-Mar-05 17 459 Systems Union 217.10 113.40 2.00 28.70 31-Dec-05 18 475 Axon Group 193.80 91.80 3.40 29.90 1.20 31-Dec-05 19 476 408 Dicom Group 193.20 179.80 2.20 7.90 3.20 30-Jun-05 20 483 403 Intec Telecom Systems 188.90 116.20 0.60 30-Sep-05 21 488 445 RM 186.20 262.70 2.00 2.60 30-Sep-05 22 496 460 Phoenix IT 181.40 88.30 3.10 22.50 0.90 31-Mar-05 Support services 1 41 39 Wolseley 8,415.90 11,257.70 14.10 18.00 2.10 31-Jul-05 2 96 100 Brambles Industries 3,090.40 3,420.60 4.30 31.30 2.50 30-Jun-05 3 100 92 Capita Group 2,896.70 1,435.50 4.60 28.20 1.70 31-Dec-05 4 103 79 Rentokil Initial 2,829.10 2,301.20 1.60 8.80 5.30 31-Dec-05 5 113 99 Hays 2,406.80 1,683.00 1.60 20.30 2.30 30-Jun-05 6 114 122 Group 4 Securicor 2,397.70 4,129.90 1.90 29.60 2.10 31-Dec-05 7 116 97 Bunzl 2,356.20 2,924.40 6.80 18.70 2.60 31-Dec-05 8 133 111 Travis Perkins 2,017.10 2,640.80 16.70 14.30 2.30 31-Dec-05 9 157 157 Serco 1,459.20 2,260.30 3.20 27.00 1.00 31-Dec-05 10 166 169 Amec 1,338.30 4,942.50 4.00 3.20 31-Dec-05 11 173 149 Intertek 1,278.10 580.10 8.20 22.40 1.60 31-Dec-05 12 178 167 Electrocomponents 1,218.80 773.90 2.80 18.80 7.30 31-Mar-05 13 183 219 Michael Page Internationa 1,143.50 523.80 3.40 23.00 1.60 31-Dec-05 14 188 170 Regus Group 1,117.70 463.30 1.10 25.20 31-Dec-05 15 192 198 SIG 1,095.30 1,639.30 9.00 19.10 2.10 31-Dec-05 16 207 240 Homeserve 935.60 280.90 14.50 1.20 31-Mar-05 17 210 210 De La Rue 922.70 643.20 5.60 31.20 3.00 26-Mar-05 18 211 327 Ashtead Group 898.40 523.70 2.20 30-Apr-05 19 226 264 Aggreko 851.40 417.70 3.20 22.90 2.10 31-Dec-05 20 227 220 Atkins (WS) 851.30 955.00 8.20 20.90 1.60 31-Mar-05 21 229 185 Davis Service 849.90 661.70 5.00 7.50 3.90 31-Dec-05 22 241 231 Premier Farnell 773.20 814.00 2.10 24.80 4.70 29-Jan-06 23 247 278 Laing (John) 756.30 407.80 3.20 35.60 1.30 31-Dec-05 24 255 Filtrona 716.10 513.70 3.30 22.70 2.20 31-Dec-05 25 269 335 Babcock International 666.20 760.00 3.20 29.30 1.40 31-Mar-05 26 288 260 Mitie Group 591.00 818.60 1.90 31.90 2.00 31-Mar-05 27 301 446 Paypoint 514.20 89.10 7.60 0.80 31-Mar-05 28 319 334 McAlpine (Alfred) 471.90 1,038.80 4.70 12.90 3.20 31-Dec-05 29 324 Sthree 450.10 315.10 3.30 20.40 30-Nov-05 30 325 299 Interserve 434.60 1,229.10 3.80 14.60 4.30 31-Dec-05 31 329 339 BSS 428.40 746.50 3.60 4.90 5.10 31-Mar-05 32 336 329 Shanks 414.80 503.60 1.80 6.90 3.60 31-Mar-05 33 338 395 Erinaceous 409.40 151.80 3.90 21.60 2.00 31-Dec-05 34 342 368 Speedy Hire 399.10 206.50 9.30 22.50 1.50 31-Mar-05 35 357 383 Mouchel Parkman 365.60 310.90 3.40 20.30 1.10 31-Jul-05 36 359 361 RPS 364.10 217.80 1.80 20.00 1.50 31-Dec-05 37 362 352 Enterprise 357.50 512.10 4.50 16.70 1.90 31-Dec-05 38 381 Agcert International 314.80 2.10 31-Dec-04 39 383 331 Menzies (John) 309.40 1,330.60 5.30 10.30 3.90 25-Dec-04 40 415 373 Johnson Service 269.10 431.90 4.60 31-Dec-05 41 420 307 St.Ives 264.10 419.50 2.60 7.50 29-Jul-05 42 422 458 WSP 262.10 349.10 4.30 19.00 1.60 31-Dec-05 43 424 409 BPP 260.80 113.10 4.50 20.70 3.80 31-Dec-05 44 436 Billing Services 247.40 81.00 0.90 49.60 0.00 31-Dec-04 45 452 Carter & Carter 226.00 51.00 6.20 70.10 0.60 31-Jul-05 46 478 495 Mears Group 191.30 203.50 3.30 26.40 0.90 31-Dec-05 47 492 451 Diploma 183.00 111.30 8.10 17.30 2.80 30-Sep-05 48 495 Connaught 181.40 239.60 9.10 42.50 1.10 31-Aug-05 Technology hardware & equipment 1 138 138 ARM Holdings 1,845.30 232.40 1.30 60.60 0.70 31-Dec-05 2 156 298 CSR 1,465.20 278.80 12.00 31.30 30-Dec-05 3 310 455 Wolfson Microelectronics 492.70 95.50 4.40 29.40 31-Dec-05 4 327 232 Spirent 429.80 259.30 0.40 31-Dec-05 5 390 I-Mate 299.90 78.00 2.50 31-Mar-05 6 433 379 Psion 248.70 168.60 1.80 19.00 1.90 31-Dec-05 Tobacco 1 13 13 British American Tobacco 29,144.90 9,325.00 13.90 16.50 3.70 31-Dec-05 2 27 28 Imperial Tobacco 11,920.50 3,149.00 17.10 21.60 3.60 30-Sep-05 3 56 54 Gallaher Group 5,510.20 2,603.00 8.40 14.90 4.40 31-Dec-05 Travel & leisure 1 49 57 Ladbrokes 6,171.30 11,505.00 3.90 18.80 1.00 31-Dec-05 2 51 42 Carnival 6,014.90 6,353.90 28.30 17.60 1.60 30-Nov-05 3 59 Partygaming 5,310.00 560.30 1.30 30.10 2.50 31-Dec-05 4 65 50 Compass Group 4,920.30 12,704.00 2.30 4.80 30-Sep-05 5 74 67 Intercontinental Hotels 4,046.90 852.00 9.40 9.90 1.80 31-Dec-05 6 78 81 British Airways 3,994.80 7,813.00 3.50 15.10 31-Mar-05 7 95 85 Enterprise Inns 3,126.60 919.90 9.50 15.40 2.10 30-Sep-05 8 99 82 Whitbread 3,051.40 1,912.90 11.90 19.90 2.40 03-Mar-05 9 117 121 Mitchells & Butlers 2,345.90 1,662.00 4.80 18.40 2.50 01-Oct-05 10 120 102 William Hill 2,248.70 10,746.10 6.00 21.00 3.40 27-Dec-05 11 123 123 Punch Taverns 2,212.70 770.10 8.40 14.50 1.50 20-Aug-05 12 141 142 First Group 1,665.50 2,693.40 4.20 18.90 3.40 31-Mar-05 13 147 187 Sportingbet 1,580.50 1,526.20 3.80 28.00 0.30 31-Jul-05 14 159 188 Easyjet 1,425.70 1,341.40 3.50 32.90 30-Sep-05 15 160 148 National Express 1,417.00 2,216.00 9.50 3.80 31-Dec-05 16 163 125 Rank Group 1,385.70 810.30 2.30 7.50 31-Dec-05 17 172 159 Millennium & Copthorne H 1,301.50 595.20 4.50 21.20 1.90 31-Dec-05 18 176 151 Stagecoach 1,234.60 1,479.50 1.20 16.90 3.20 30-Apr-05 19 179 171 Arriva 1,211.60 1,626.80 6.20 14.10 3.60 31-Dec-05 20 184 183 First Choice Holidays 1,140.30 2,578.60 2.20 24.50 3.40 31-Oct-05 21 186 179 Greene King 1,136.00 732.60 7.50 9.90 5.40 01-May-05 22 195 Mytravel 1,063.70 2,910.10 2.50 31-Oct-05 23 199 189 Wolverhampton& Dudley 988.10 597.30 12.80 28.90 3.40 01-Oct-05 24 213 202 Go-Ahead Group 895.30 1,302.50 18.20 14.50 2.90 02-Jul-05 25 250 888 Holdings 741.60 155.30 2.20 27.00 31-Dec-05 26 264 227 De Vere 684.80 312.00 8.20 7.60 1.80 25-Sep-05 27 270 306 Avis Europe 655.90 887.30 0.70 44.60 31-Dec-05 28 275 267 Wetherspoon (JD) 620.90 809.90 3.70 28.40 1.30 24-Jul-05 29 290 Playtech 582.40 27.40 2.70 13.30 31-Dec-05 30 302 248 Stanley Leisure 513.00 2,076.60 7.30 36.50 1.60 01-May-05 31 323 Gondola 460.60 378.80 3.40 26-Jun-05 32 339 313 Luminar 408.30 375.10 5.60 2.70 27-Feb-05 33 344 363 Restaurant 392.40 302.30 2.00 18.80 11.40 01-Jan-06 34 361 351 Holidaybreak 360.00 303.00 7.50 29.70 4.00 30-Sep-05 35 400 384 London Clubs Internation 285.00 139.60 1.30 27-Mar-05 36 431 Young & Co 250.80 119.50 22.80 40.50 1.20 02-Apr-05 37 434 486 Domino's Pizza 248.00 81.70 4.70 28.80 1.70 01-Jan-06 38 461 Fun Technologies 212.60 1.00 3.50 31-Dec-04 39 471 465 Center Parcs (UK) 203.50 229.60 0.80 28.90 5.00 21-Apr-05 40 482 452 C I Traders 189.20 293.90 0.80 14.60 6.00 29-Jan-05

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