UK blue chips

List of blue chip compaines in the UK

UK blue chips compose the FTSE 100 Index (Financial Times Stock Exchange Index), which is a share index of the 100 most highly capitalised UK companies, that are listed on the London Stock Exchange.

London Stock Exchange market capitalization was $3.6 trillion as of December, 2013.

FTSE index graph

Top 10 FTSE companies by market capitalisation


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As in December 2008.

RankCompanyCapitalisation (£m)
1Royal Dutch Shell134,376.32
2BP116,722.52
3HSBC99,573.75
4Vodafone Group98,837.71
5GlaxoSmithKline71,305.15
6Rio Tinto Group[3]53,249.29
7Royal Bank of Scotland Group44,741.32
8Anglo American40,826.49
9British American Tobacco40,264.60
10BG Group38,663.88