Appendix 2: the key indices guide
The FT Ordinary Share index (FT 30)
The original constituents in 1935
| Associated Portland Cement | Hawker Siddeley |
| Austin Motor | Imperial Chemical Industries |
| Bass | Imperial Tobacco |
| Bolsover Colliery | International Tea Co.’s Stores |
| Callenders Cables & Const. | London Brick |
| Coats (J&P) | Murex |
| Courtaulds | Patons & Baldwins |
| Distillers | Pinchin Johnson & Associates |
| Dorman Long | Rolls-Royce |
| Dunlop Rubber | Tate & Lyle |
| Electrical & Musical Industries | Turner & Newall |
| Fine Spinners and Doublers | United Steel |
| General Electric | Vickers |
| Guest Keen & Nettlefolds | Watney Combe & Reid |
| Harrods | Woolworth (FW) |
The current constituents
| 3i | GKN |
| BAE Systems | GlaxoSmithKline |
| BG Group | Invensys |
| BP | ITV |
| British Airways | Ladbrokes |
| British American Tobacco | Land Securities ... |
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