The home of UK equities
FTSE’s UK index series, covering well-known indices such as the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250, is established among institutional and retail investors as the standard measure of the country’s equity market health.
ICE offers the broadest suite of highly liquid, cost-effective and margin-efficient tools for managing UK equity risk across FTSE 100, FTSE 250 futures and options.
Over 46M FTSE contracts traded in 2019, with total notional OI valued at £170B
FTSE 100 Dividend futures traded over 470k lots in 2019. Open interest in the contracts grew by 12% YoY
FTSE 250 index futures and options average daily volume grew by 13% YoY
The FTSE 100 Index is the leading benchmark for UK-listed blue chip companies.
ICE offers futures and options on the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 100 Total Return Index and the FTSE 100 Dividend Indices. In addition, ICE offers weekly options and also flexible longer dated options (expiries out to 10.5 years) on the FTSE 100 Index.
The FTSE 250 Index is a capitalization-weighted index consisting of the 101st to the 350th largest UK listed companies.
Experience cost efficiency with margin offsets available against the entire suite of FTSE products. ICE offers futures and flexible options on the FTSE 250 Index.