The Esop index slightly under-performed the FTSE All Share in the third quarter of 2014 but remains ahead in the year to date.

The Esop index (the FTSE calculated Employee Ownership Index) fared worse than the FTSE All-Share in the second quarter of 2014 according to figures released today by the Esop Centre in London. At the end of June the Index stood at 768 (Jan 2003 = 100).

The Esop index (FTSE calculated Employee Ownership Index) rose by 11.6 percent in the first quarter of 2014, according to figures revealed today by the Esop Centre.

FTSE companies whose employees owned three percent or more of the stock substantially outperformed the market in 2013, according to a new index launched today with the endorsement of the Esop Centre.