Footsie en · PROPN
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(slang) The FTSE and the FTSE 100 Index.
After the July 2005 bombings in London, when the Footsie, after an initial fall, rose to its highest point of the year, the Daily Mail praised its "stellar performance", the Independent its "bulldog spirit".
2007 March 19, Peter Wilby, “How to play Footsie with younger readers”, in The Guardian: