這壹指數包括三種：壹是金融時報工業股票指數，又稱30種股票指數，涵蓋了30種最優良的工業股票價格，由於這30家公司股票的市值在股市種所占的比重大，具有壹定的代表性，是反映倫敦證券市場股票行情變化的重要尺度；二是100種股票交易指數，又稱“FT-100指數”，挑選了100家有代表性的大公司股票，又因為它通過倫敦股票市場自動報價電腦系統，可隨時得出股票市價，並每分鐘計算壹次，因此能迅速反映股市行情的每壹變動，自公布以來就受到廣泛重視；三是綜合精算股票指數。該指數從倫敦股市上精選700多種股票作為樣本股加以計算。這壹指數的特點是統計面寬、範圍廣，能較為全面地反映整個股市狀況。
現在，FTSE 100漲勢最好的行業有哪些？我不知道，妳可以查他的FTSE 100成份股組合。可以看雅虎財經網站。/q/cp?s=%5EFTSE
比如，現在漲勢最好的是：(AAL.L)這個企業就是：英美資源集團(Anglo-American Plc.)，(AAL.L)是他的簡稱。
查了成份股的資料大概如下 ：
List of FTSE 100 companies
This reflects the quarterly reshuffle enacted on 24 September 2007.
There are 100 companies in the index, but a total of 102 listings as two classes of shares are included for Royal Dutch Shell and Schroders.
1. 3i
2. Alliance & Leicester
3. Anglo American
4. Antofagasta
5. Associated British Foods
6. AstraZeneca
7. Aviva
8. BAE Systems
9. BG Group
10. BHP Billiton
11. BP
12. BT Group
13. Barclays Bank
14. Barratt Developments
15. British Airways
16. British American Tobacco
17. British Energy Group
18. British Land Company
19. British Sky Broadcasting Group
20. Cable & Wireless
21. Cadbury Schweppes
22. Capita Group
23. Carnival
24. Carphone Warehouse
25. Centrica
26. Compass Group
27. DSG International
28. Daily Mail and General Trust
29. Diageo
30. Enterprise Inns
31. Experian
32. Friends Provident
33. GlaxoSmithKline
34. HBOS
35. HSBC
36. Hammerson
37. Home Retail Group
38. ICAP
39. ITV
40. Imperial Chemical Industries
41. Imperial Tobacco
42. InterContinental Hotels Group
43. International Power
44. INVESCO
45. Johnson Matthey
46. Kazakhmys
47. Kingfisher
48. Land Securities Group
49. Legal & General
50. Liberty International
51. Lloyds TSB
52. Lonmin
53. Man Group
54. Marks & Spencer
55. Mitchells & Butlers
56. Wm Morrison Supermarkets
57. National Grid
58. Next
59. Northern Rock
60. Old Mutual
61. Pearson
62. Persimmon
63. Prudential
64. Punch Taverns
65. Reckitt Benckiser
66. Reed Elsevier
67. Rentokil Initial
68. Resolution
69. Reuters Group
70. Rexam
71. Rio Tinto Group
72. Rolls-Royce Group
73. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance
74. Royal Bank of Scotland Group
75. Royal Dutch Shell
76. SABMiller
77. Sage Group
78. J Sainsbury
79. Schroders
80. Scottish & Newcastle
81. Scottish & Southern Energy
82. Severn Trent
83. Shire Pharmaceuticals Group
84. Smith & Nephew
85. Smiths Group
86. Standard Chartered Bank
87. Standard Life
88. Tate & Lyle
89. Taylor Wimpey
90. Tesco
91. Tullow Oil
92. Unilever
93. United Utilities
94. Vedanta Resources
95. Vodafone
96. WPP Group
97. Whitbread
98. Wolseley
99. Xstrata
100. Yell Group