MT Tracker - 23 October

Last week the MT Tracker took a break - to compile the MT Top 100 - look out for it at the end of November. It's no secret that our big six make the Top 100, but as for exactly where you'll have to wait until 18 November.

In the meantime, we welcome Royal Mail out of the clutches of the government and onto the Stock Exchange (and the MT Tracker) and we'll take a look at its share price in a little more detail.

Shares in Royal Mail have been trading for eight working days, starting from the government's top price of 330p. Since then...

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The only update from our MT Tracker seven came from Fowler Welch". The division of Dart Group said that it continued to make good operational progress in the first six months" of the year but profitability was adversely affected due to the varied profile of volumes handled during late July, August and September.

The trading update continued: "The strategy of the business remains consistent; continuing to focus on growing its revenue pipeline and delivering operational efficiency improvements in a sector that continues to experience tight margins."

The news has done little for Dart's share price, which has fallen consistently throughout October.

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And here are the market caps - we've excluded Royal's Mail market cap of £5.7bn as not to skew the figures:

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