Joining:
GVC Holding [GVC]
Ocado Group [OCDO]
Leaving:
G4S [GFS]
Mediclinic [MDC]
Joining:
Mediclinic Intl [MDC]
G4S [GFS]
Integrafi n Hldgs [IHP]
Laird [LRD]
Energean Oil & Gas [ENOG]
Premier Oil [PMO]
Leaving:
Ocado Group [OCDO]
GVC Holdings [GVC]
Pets At Home Group [PETS]
Marstons [MARS]
Woodford Patient Capital Trust [WPCT]
Purecircle [PURE]
After market close on 31 May 2017 FTSE Russell confirmed the following changes to the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices. The changes will be implemented at the close Friday, 16 June 2017 and take effect from the start of trading on Monday, 19 June 2017.
Joining: G4S [GFS], Segro [SGRO]
Leaving: Hikma Pharmaceuticals [HIK], Intu Properties [INTU]
Joining: Coats Group [COA], FDM Group Holdings [FDM]. Melrose Industries [MRO], Pershing Square Holdings[PSH], Sirius Minerals [SXX], TBC Bank Group [TBCG]
Leaving: Allied Minds [ALM], AO World [AO.], BH Macro (GBP) [BHMG], Debenhams [DEB], Keller [KLR], SVG Capital [SVI]
The following table lists the five FTSE 350 shares that have the best returns in December over the last ten years. For example, G4S has an average return of 6.3% for the month of December. All stocks, except Ashtead, have risen in every December for the past ten years.
| Company | TIDM | Avg(%) |
| G4S | GFS | 6.3 |
| Balfour Beatty | BBY | 6.1 |
| William Hill | WMH | 5.0 |
| Witan Investment Trust | WTAN | 4.8 |
| Ashtead Group | AHT | 13.4 |
The following table lists the two FTSE 350 shares that have the worst returns in December over the last ten years. For example, Rank Group has an average return of -4.2% for the month of December. Both stocks have fallen in seven of the past ten years in December.
| Company | TIDM | Avg(%) |
| Randgold Resources Ltd | RRS | -1.8 |
| Rank Group (The) | RNK | -4.2 |
An equally-weighted portfolio of the above strong December stocks would have out-performed every year, except 2008, an equally-weighted portfolio of the above weak December stocks by an average of 10.1 percentage points in December for the past ten years.
The 2013 edition of the Almanac looks at the historic monthly performance of the FTSE 350 sectors. Here we look at the Support Services sector.
The following chart plots the average out-performance of the FTSE 350 Support Services sector over the FTSE 100 Index by month since 1999. For example, since 1999 on average the sector has out-performed the FTSE 100 Index by 1.2 percentage points in January.
Observations:
The 23 stocks in the FTSE 350 Support Services sector [NMX2790] are-
| Aggreko [AGK] | Filtrona [FLTR] |
| Ashtead Group [AHT] | G4S [GFS] |
| Atkins (W S) [ATK] | Hays [HAS] |
| Babcock International Group [BAB] | Homeserve [HSV] |
| Berendsen [BRSN] | Howden Joinery Group [HWDN] |
| Bunzl [BNZL] | Interserve [IRV] |
| Capita Group (The) [CPI] | Intertek Group [ITRK] |
| Carillion [CLLN] | Menzies (John) [MNZS] |
| De La Rue [DLAR] | Michael Page International [MPI] |
| Diploma [DPLM] | MITIE Group [MTO] |
| Electrocomponents [ECM] | PayPoint [PAY] |
| Experian [EXPN] |