Ex-divs to take 0.8 points off FTSE 100 on Oct. 13

LONDON, Oct (HKSE: 3366-OL.HK - news) 10 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will go

ex-dividend on Thursday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the

latest dividend payout.

According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the resulting

adjustment to prices by market-makers would take 0.8 points off the index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK OPTION IMPACT

(pence)

Centrica (Frankfurt: A0DK6K - news) 3.6 0.8

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND

(pence)

Tritax Big Box 1.24

Close Brothers Group 38

Daejan Holdings (LSE: DJAN.L - news) 58

F&C Commercial Property Trust Limited 0.5

Finsbury Growth & Income Trust 7

Hays (LSE: HAS.L - news) 1.99

JPMorgan Emerging Market 9

NB Global Floating Rate Income Closed Fund 1.09

OneSavings Bank (Stuttgart: 2OS.SG - news) 2.9

Spirax-Sarco Engineering 22.5

Spectris (Other OTC: SEPJF - news) 18

(Reporting by Kit Rees; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)