BTIBritish American Tobacco Plc

When the Johannesburg Stock Exchange is open, investors can look up shares by code, and BTI is the code for British American Tobacco. The market session is the window in which a listing can be checked and followed; outside it, the code lookup still helps readers find the company behind the ticker.

British American Tobacco p.l.c. is a British-American multinational company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products, including electronic cigarettes. It belongs to the tobacco industry, was founded in 1902, and is headquartered in London, England. The company is the second-largest tobacco company in the world based on net sales.

On the JSE Limited listing board, the code and name connect a reader to that description rather than to a price view. The index-led approach keeps the focus on identifying the listed company, while the broker material sits separately for readers who want it.