FTSE 250 (FTMC)
Benchmark index · United Kingdom · data since 1985-12-31 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.74%
7d
+0.83%
30d
+3.03%
YTD
+5.92%
1y
+7.43%
FTSE 250 (FTMC) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.5 | 2.2 | -10.8 | 6.0 | 4.3 | -1.8 | 3.4 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 1.6 | -3.0 | -4.2 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 1.6 | -1.6 | 1.9 | 0.7 | -0.0 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | -1.7 | -1.6 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 3.8 | -2.1 | 6.5 | -2.4 | -0.2 | -3.1 | 1.9 | -0.7 |
| 2023 | 5.3 | 0.3 | -4.9 | 2.6 | -3.6 | -1.6 | 4.0 | -2.8 | -1.8 | -6.5 | 6.7 | 8.0 |
| 2022 | -6.6 | -3.9 | 0.4 | -2.1 | -1.4 | -8.6 | 8.0 | -5.5 | -9.9 | 4.2 | 7.1 | -1.6 |
| 2021 | -1.3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 0.8 | -1.4 | 2.6 | 5.0 | -4.4 | 0.3 | -2.5 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | -3.4 | -8.6 | -21.9 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 0.5 | -1.1 | 5.0 | -2.7 | -0.6 | 12.3 | 6.0 |
| 2019 | 6.9 | 2.5 | -0.3 | 3.7 | -4.3 | 2.6 | 1.1 | -1.4 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| 2018 | -2.3 | -2.8 | -1.1 | 4.2 | 2.8 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.9 | -1.9 | -6.8 | -2.3 | -5.3 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 1.8 | -3.2 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.8 | -1.4 | 3.9 |
| 2016 | -5.4 | 0.7 | 1.9 | -0.7 | 2.3 | -5.3 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 0.8 | -1.8 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| 2015 | 1.4 | 5.9 | -1.1 | 2.3 | 3.9 | -3.4 | 0.8 | -3.2 | -2.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
| 2014 | -1.6 | 6.7 | -2.7 | -2.8 | 1.2 | -1.8 | -1.4 | 2.5 | -3.2 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| 2013 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 2.9 | -3.9 | 7.8 | -1.7 | 1.9 | 3.8 | -0.1 | 3.0 |
| 2012 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 0.8 | -1.1 | -7.5 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| 2011 | -0.8 | 1.3 | -0.3 | 3.6 | 0.4 | -1.1 | -3.2 | -8.9 | -6.7 | 6.7 | -1.6 | -2.1 |
| 2010 | -0.8 | 1.2 | 8.8 | 2.0 | -7.0 | -2.8 | 6.2 | -1.2 | 7.2 | 3.0 | -2.2 | 9.0 |
| 2009 | -1.7 | -3.2 | 5.4 | 18.1 | 0.6 | -2.1 | 7.9 | 10.2 | 3.7 | -2.8 | 0.4 | 4.4 |
| 2008 | -7.3 | 1.9 | -0.5 | 1.1 | -0.7 | -9.0 | -3.2 | 5.9 | -15.9 | -20.4 | -3.0 | 4.4 |
| 2007 | -0.7 | -0.2 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | -4.8 | -1.6 | -0.3 | -2.4 | 5.7 | -7.9 | -0.8 |
| 2006 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 0.3 | -5.9 | 1.3 | -0.7 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.7 |
| 2005 | 3.3 | 1.2 | -1.7 | -5.6 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 2.6 | -3.0 | 8.0 | 5.6 |
| 2004 | 3.8 | 4.1 | -0.2 | -0.8 | -2.5 | 3.7 | -4.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 5.5 |
| 2003 | -7.0 | 0.5 | -1.9 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 3.1 | 7.3 | 5.0 | -2.4 | 4.9 | -0.2 | 1.6 |
| 2002 | -1.5 | -0.3 | 5.8 | -0.8 | -1.2 | -9.1 | -13.0 | 1.6 | -11.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | -5.2 |
| 2001 | 2.9 | -1.3 | -8.3 | 5.2 | 2.5 | -4.1 | -3.4 | 0.6 | -16.3 | 4.8 | 9.0 | 1.5 |
| 2000 | -4.1 | 4.4 | 0.4 | -4.3 | 0.5 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | -5.4 | -0.7 | -3.2 | 2.0 |
| 1999 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 6.8 | -3.6 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 | -5.5 | -1.1 | 10.2 | 4.0 |
| 1998 | 1.5 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 1.6 | 5.2 | -6.7 | -0.4 | -12.7 | -5.1 | 5.9 | 1.9 | -1.0 |
| 1997 | 2.3 | 1.3 | -1.7 | -1.7 | -0.1 | -1.4 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 4.9 | -3.9 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| 1996 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 5.2 | -0.9 | -3.5 | -2.8 | 4.4 | -0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| 1995 | -3.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | -1.7 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | -1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 1994 | 7.7 | -3.0 | -5.2 | 0.8 | -5.7 | -4.2 | 6.6 | 4.8 | -8.4 | 0.6 | -0.6 | 0.1 |
| 1993 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 6.2 | -2.2 | 2.8 | -1.2 | 8.8 |
| 1992 | 4.7 | 1.9 | -4.6 | 12.6 | 2.5 | -8.3 | -9.7 | -4.8 | 9.3 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 8.6 |
| 1991 | -1.5 | 14.5 | 4.6 | -0.4 | -1.7 | -3.4 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 0.9 | -2.5 | -6.1 | -1.0 |
| 1990 | -2.5 | -4.9 | -1.1 | -6.2 | 8.7 | 2.0 | -2.4 | -11.8 | -9.9 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 1989 | 13.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | -0.7 | 1.1 | -0.9 | 6.7 | 0.8 | -1.6 | -9.0 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 1988 | 6.6 | -0.2 | -1.2 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 1.1 | -6.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | -3.6 | -2.0 |
| 1987 | 9.5 | 6.8 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 6.0 | -4.6 | 6.5 | -28.7 | -10.7 | 12.5 |
| 1986 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 3.5 | -3.3 | 4.4 | -4.6 | 4.3 | -5.5 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 0.0 |
| Avg | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.8 | -1.1 | 1.5 | 0.3 | -1.7 | -0.4 | 1.1 | 2.5 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +1.2% | +1.8% | +0.1% | +2.3% | +0.8% | -1.1% | +1.4% | +0.3% | -1.7% | -0.4% | +1.1% | +2.5% |
| Win rate | 56%/41 | 71%/41 | 54%/41 | 71%/41 | 63%/41 | 37%/41 | 65%/40 | 60%/40 | 42%/40 | 62%/40 | 60%/40 | 76%/41 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-55.1%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±5%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
60%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+18.12%
2009-04
Worst month
-28.67%
1987-10
Longest streaks
12▲ / 5▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About FTSE 250
FTSE 250 isn't a company — it's the scoreboard: United Kingdom's benchmark index, tracked here like any other asset, no CEO, no earnings calls, just the crowd's verdict in one number — with price history on this site back to 1985. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1985) would be about $1,631 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was April 2009 at +18.12%; its worst, October 1987 at -28.67%.
- It has closed December in the green 31 out of 41 times — calendar astrology, but the fun kind.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.