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U.S. 153
Japan 64
France 39
U.S. Postal Service 785,929
Sinopec 634,011
Hon Hai Precision Industry 550,000
Exxon Mobil $40,610
Royal Dutch Shell $31,331
General Electric $22,208
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1 BP 4 291,438 London
2 HSBC Holdings 20 146,500 London
3 Royal Bank of Scotland 36 108,392 Edinburgh
4 HBOS 45 100,267 Edinburgh
5 Tesco 51 94,703 Cheshunt
6 Aviva 69 81,317 London
7 Barclays 70 80,347 London
8 Vodafone 85 71,202 Newbury
9 Prudential 94 66,358 London
10 Lloyds TSB Group 111 59,226 London
11 GlaxoSmithKline 151 45,447 Brentford
12 BT 166 42,252 London
13 Legal & General Group 202 36,416 London
14 J. Sainsbury 208 35,797 London
15 Old Mutual 225 33,917 London
16 Centrica 231 32,779 Windsor
17 Wolseley 241 31,594 Theale
18 Scottish & Southern Energy 253 30,618 Perth
19 Rio Tinto Group 263 29,700 London
20 AstraZeneca 265 29,559 London
21 Anglo American 266 29,532 London
22 BAE Systems 281 28,628 London
23 William Morrison Supermarkets 310 25,960 Bradford
24 National Grid 351 23,479 London
25 Standard Chartered Bank 390 21,506 London
26 Compass Group 401 20,950 Chertsey
27 Nationwide Building Society 414 20,438 Swindon
28 Standard Life 419 20,233 Edinburgh
29 British American Tobacco 425 20,043 London
30 Royal Mail Holdings 446 18,841 London
31 Kingfisher 449 18,744 London
32 Marks & Spencer 460 18,106 London
33 British Airways 478 17,567 Harmondsworth
34 SABMiller 493 17,057 London
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