based upon Stock Exchange report
We give below the London Stock Exchange list of the 100 largest U.K. firms based on size of market value of quoted equity capital at March 31, 1964 as per Financial Times report.
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4 (4) Woolworth & Cosccccecee 539 54 (34) Eagle Star Insurance Co. 81 5 5 Marks & Spencereeeseces 460 55 aa. Assoc. British Foodseecesce 80 7 ie Prmah, 13) Covsssaesans 322 57 (38) Westminster Bankeseseeees 79 8(8) Great Universal Stores. 313 58 (56) British Shoe Corpesccecee 78 9 10) CGUPEARIGA, os anveseeves 309 59 --) Delta MECH les os adbie cd s'ee 77 10 9) UY LOVETT wwe va cawuewwed s 303 60 a DeCnhaMs<.s:s006eeceeeeeee 13 11 i Brit. Amer, Tobacco.Co. 288 61 (69) Whitbread & Cosccccceccee 73 12 (12) Royal Insurance Coseces 200 62 be Brit. Elec. Traction Co.. 73 13 (13) Imperial Tobacco Coseee 174 65 1AG) Gee TARO i a ecepecestens $2 14 18} Guest Keen & Nettlefolds 171 64 +29) Dickinson (John) & Cosseee 71 15 (15) Prudential Assurance Co. 157 65 (66) Hudson Bay Cocscccccccccee 69 16 344 Barclays DATOS ss anise ee 156 66 ee BECLIN Seeescswscvesceéoee 69 LT (39): Plessey Covcececcestecs 151 67 (68) United Steel Companies... 69 18 e} Assocd, Portland Cement 146 68 a Northern Employers Assur. 68 20 ae Brit. Motor Corpecceses L347 70 80 Elliott Automation, ececcee 61 21 (30) Turner & Newalleccceces 135 71 (75) Hawker Siddeley Groupeees 61 22 £3} J & P Coates, etCececee 133 72 (49) Sun Alliance Insuranceee. 60 24 26) United Drapery Storesee 132 74 eS iL OTB ek webct ce esns beat 60 25 a7} General Accident etces. 127 75 (60) House of Fraserecesccceee 59 26 (19) Legal & General Assur.. 120 76 2 Albright & Wilson.e..cccooe 58 27 (35) International publish.. 120 TT AES): Vickers vesdsveccsencccons. ST 28 (22) Lloyds Bankeseeccececee 119 78 (64) City of London Real Prop. 56 29 (45) Brit. Ins, Call. Cables 118 79 nat Tate & Lylecssccsscccceee 56 30 (36) Tube InvestmentSececece 115 80 (54) Guardian “Assurance Cosseee 56 31 @3) Boots Pure Drug Cosecee 110 81 (87) Cable & Wiwless (Holding) 56 32 (28) Renk Hovis McDougall... 109 G2 (--) Wiggins Teape & Cosceceee 5A 33 pa Commercial Union Insur. 109 83 3 Glaxo Groupesscccocvscses 54 34 (20) National Prov. Pankeeee 104 84 (96) Brit. South Africa Cocscee 53 35 42) Dunlop Rubber Coceceoes 100 85 ay Royal Exchange Assureesee 53 36 (50) Leyland Motorseceecccce 97 86 (94) Courage Barclay &Simonds. 52 37 x Reed Paper Groupeccesee 97 87 - Consolidated Gold Fields. 52 38 (32 Metal Box Companyeecrceece 95 88 (--) Pp. & On SeNe Coccccccccee 52 39 iB Rio Tinto»Zinc Corpecee 95 89 (90) Industrial & General Trust 51 40 ae A. Guiness Son & Coceee 92 90 +76} Wit stitesscvss sestasskoeee © SL 41 (33) Reckitt & Colman etc... 92 91 (99) English China Clayseccee 50 42 (52) Bowater Paper Corpeeceee 91 92 on John Summers & SonSeeeese 49 43 (48) Beecham Groupesecececes 89 93 (81) Grattan Wareh OuseSececee 4 44 (51) Bass Mitchells & Putlers 89 94 (79) Pearl Assurance Coscsecee 49 46 (--) Rank Organisation...e.. e896 35 Mercantile Invest. Trust. 49 47 (46) Brit. Oxygen Cosccccces 88 97 (83) Joseph Lucas Industries... 48 48 (41) Assoc, Elec. Indust 84 98 (85) Brit. Cocoa & Chocolateee. 48 49 : Watney MEIN ciccwatenese 84 99 as: E.S. & Ae Robinsonecceces 48 50 (78) General Elec. Cosccecve 84 100 (--) Land Securites Inv. Trust 4 Ed, Notes next week we shall comment on these figures.