FACTBOX-FTSE 100 winners, losers in 2008

Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:10pm GMT
 
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 Dec 31 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE tumbled 31
percent in 2008, the largest annual drop since its launch in
1984, as a credit crisis and a looming recession sent global
equities reeling.
 Below are the best and worst performers on the FTSE 100:
 
 TOP 10 BEST PERFORMERS IN 2008:
 RANDGOLD RES.     (RRS.L)   +62.0 PCT
 BRITISH ENERGY    BGY.L   +40.4 PCT
 ASTRAZENECA       (AZN.L)   +27.0 PCT
 AMLIN             (AML.L)   +18.5 PCT
 COMPASS GROUP     (CPG.L)    +9.0 PCT
 EXPERIAN         (EXPN.L)    +8.8 PCT
 AUTONOMY CORP    (AUTN.L)    +7.5 PCT
 CAPITA GROUP      (CPI.L)    +5.9 PCT
 TULLOW OIL        (TLW.L)    +1.6 PCT
 GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (GSK.L)    -1.6 PCT
 
 TOP 10 LOSERS IN 2008:
 HBOS             HBOS.L   -90.4 PCT
 ROYAL BANK SCOT   (RBS.L)   -87.0 PCT
 KAZAKHMYS         (KAZ.L)   -83.0 PCT
 XSTRATA           (XTA.L)   -82.0 PCT
 3I GROUP          (III.L)   -73.7 PCT
 LOND STOCK EXCH   (LSE.L)   -73.2 PCT
 LLOYDS TSB GRP   (LLOY.L)   -73.2 PCT
 RIO TINTO         (RIO.L)   -72.8 PCT
 BARCLAYS         (BARC.L)   -69.6 PCT
 VEDANTA RES       (VED.L)   -67.8 PCT
 
 To get the latest UK stock market report, click on [.L]
 Source: Reuters Data
 (Compiled by Blaise Robinson and Baptiste Cordier; Editing by
Erica Billingham)

 

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