BUZZ-FTSE doubles from post-Lehman low, poised to hit record

** The FTSE 100 completes a 100 pct move up from its March 2009 lows and is now about 0.5 pct away from a record high. Chart: http://link.reuters.com/ped24w

** The index would join the S&P500 which closed at a record overnight and Germany's DAX that hit a life high last week

** Ashtead, up a whopping 3220 pct since its low that day, is the best performer since the index's post-Lehman low. Chart: http://link.reuters.com/qed24w

** 6 other stocks have returned more than a 1000 pct

** About a quarter of the constituents have underperformed the index with 5 stocks lower today than on March 9 2009

** Tullow Oil (LSE: TLW.L - news) , down 47 pct, the worst performer

** The 3 biggest UK grocers - Morrison, Tesco and Sainsbury - are all in the red while RSA Insurance is down about 19 pct since March 9 2009 lows

(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : vikram.subhedar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)