Ex-divs to take 8.16 points off FTSE 100 on Mar. 17
LONDON, March 14 (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 8.16 points off the index.
COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK OPTION IMPACT
(pence)
British American Tobacco 104.6 7.61
Hammerson (Other OTC: HMSNF - news) 12.8 Yes 0.39
Randgold Resources 66 (US cents) Yes 0.17
Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:
COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND
(pence)
Assura (LSE: AGR.L - news) 0.55
Alliance Trust 3.3725
Close Brothers Group 19
Essentra (Other OTC: FLRAF - news) 14.4
Grafton Group (LSE: GFTU.L - news) 8
Londonmetric Property (LSE: LMP.L - news) 3.75
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (LSE: MLC.L - news) 4.34
(Reporting by Kit Rees; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)