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FT500 - Global 500 Data
Global 500 by sector
Published: May 10 2001 07:30GMT | Last Updated: May 10 2001 09:28GMT
Sector No of Cos Market Capital $m
Information technology hardware 54 2,717,719.1
Banks 70 2,382,243.3
Telecommunication services 44 2,289,330.7
Pharmaceuticals 24 1,837,475.4
Oil & Gas 17 1,099,949.8
Software & computer services 29 1,026,151.4
Electronic & Electric Equipment 19 923,457.9
Insurance 20 903,886.8
Speciality & other finance 21 720,244.1
Media & photography 26 570,319.6
General retailers 12 560,372.0
Automobiles & Parts 12 392,292.2
Leisure, Entertainment & Hotels 9 371,490.7
Electricity 19 348,131.7
Diversified Industrial 8 324,725.8
Beverages 6 304,125.9
Personal Care & Household Products 7 274,683.0
Life assurance 12 256,910.5
Food producers & processors 10 256,438.7
Food & drug retailers 9 255,619.3
Health 9 250,737.2
Chemicals 7 191,593.0
Aerospace & Defence 7 188,492.8
Household goods & textiles 4 122,807.2
Tobacco 3 119,638.6
Gas distribution 5 112,346.9
Transport 7 104,719.0
Support services 6 91,584.7
Engineering & Machinery 5 80,820.3
Mining 4 79,900.0
Real estate 3 69,393.7
Steel & other metals 3 51,809.6
Construction & building materials 3 41,059.2
Distributors 2 36,873.4
Forestry & Paper 2 31,946.4
Investment companies 2 22,349.2

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