On this day in 1979 Legal & General Group listed on the LSE.
The following chart plots the average monthly out-performance of the shares over the FTSE 100 Index since 1988. For example, on average Legal & General Group has out-performed the FTSE 100 by 1.4 percentage points in August.
![Average monthly performance of Legal & General Group [LGEN] relative to the FTSE 100 Index (1988-2013)](http://stockmarketalmanac.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Monthly-seasonality-of-shares-LGEN-2013.png "Monthly seasonality of shares [LGEN] (2013)")
Observations:
- The strongest month for Legal & General Group shares relative to the market has been August (the shares have out-performed the market in this month in 14 of the last 25 years).
- The weakest month for Legal & General Group relative to the market has been April (the shares have only out-performed the market in this month in 9 of the past 25 years).
Legal & General Group is in the FTSE 350 Life Insurance [NMX8570] sector.
