The Financial Times Stock Exchange 250 Index, also called the FTSE 250 Index, FTSE 250, or, informally, the "Footsie 250" , is a stock market index that consists of the 101st to the 350th mid-cap blue chip companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The index consists of 11 ICB sectors, four of which have a market cap exceeding ã25 billion as at 30 June 2025. These are Financials, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Real Estate and together account for approximately 84% of the index's market cap. At the same date there was one company with a market cap exceeding ã4 billion: Burberry equating to approximately 1% of the market cap.
Each calendar quarter, the FTSE 250's constituents are reviewed and some companies will either exit or enter the index, resulting in irregular trading volume and price changes as market participants rebalance their portfolios.
Related indices are the FTSE 100 Index (which lists the largest 100 companies), the FTSE 350 Index (which combines the FTSE 100 and 250), the FTSE SmallCap Index and the FTSE All-Share Index (an aggregation of the FTSE 100 Index, the FTSE 250 Index and the FTSE SmallCap Index).
The index began on 12 October 1992 at the base level of 2,403, and a market capitalisation of ã98 billion. The highest closing value of 24,250.80 was reached on 1 September 2021.
The following table lists the annual changes in the FTSE 250 index.
While the FTSE 250 had no retail products prior to its 1992 inception date, in the 1990s the index returns were back-calculated to 1986. Indicative values as follows:
The following table lists the FTSE 250 companies after the changes on 31 March 2026.