An abbreviation of the Financial Times Stock ExchangeAn organised market place where shares in companies are trad... (Index), commonly referred to verbally as ‘footsie’. There are various FTSEAn abbreviation of the Financial Times Stock Exchange (Index... indices (indexes), including most notably the FTSEAn abbreviation of the Financial Times Stock Exchange (Index... 100, which is the index of the top 100 shares on the London Stock ExchangeAn organised market place where shares in companies are trad..., whose movement is regarded as an important indicator of national (and wider) economic health and buoyancy. –